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单词 shabbiness
释义
shabbiness
noun[U]
uk
/ˈʃæb.i.nəs/
us
/ˈʃæb.i.nəs/

shabbinessnoun[U](UNFAIRNESS)

thequalityof being withouthonour,unfair, orunacceptable
不光彩;不公正;不能容忍的行为
We should notignorethe shabbiness anddishonestyoftheirpolitics.我们不应忽视他们在政治上的卑鄙和不诚实。
He isawareof his ownmoralshabbiness inseekingtosavehimself byditchinghiswife.他很清楚抛弃妻子来拯救自己的行为在道德上是非常卑鄙的。
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shabby
More examples
  • I don'tclaimfor a second that thiskindof shabbiness isuniqueto thisparty.
  • When a man has got areputationas aleaderhe mayindulgehimself inalmostany shabbiness.
  • I mustprotestabout the shabbiness of the Court'sruling.

Examplesofshabbiness

shabbiness
The contrast is between earlier heroic struggles and theshabbinessof modern political farce.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I have been struck by theshabbinessof the arguments which have been advanced by otherwise intelligent men in support of this despicable measure.
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This really isshabbinesscarried to an extremity.
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The result has been the increasingshabbiness, poverty and unemployment of the people of this country.
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At best, it may be said that a certainshabbinessin public goods might be endured for the benefit of some.
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I recall particularly theshabbinessof the coats of those unselfish women, who for many years had been unable to afford new clothes for themselves.
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There is too muchshabbinessand squalor, and there is often a drugs culture.
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They leave off that collar; they come toshabbiness.
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They feel that they have been treated with appallingshabbinessunder phase 3 over their justifiable demand to have their pay situation treated as an anomaly.
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I apologise for the total inadequacy and theshabbinessof my intervention at this stage in the wholly unforeseen circumstances of my being present here this afternoon.
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That is another example ofshabbiness.
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As of 2012, however, the corridor included some pockets of shuttered stores and creepingshabbinessand local planners were in the first stages of efforts to revitalize the corridor.
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Wikipedia
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