turpitude

['tə:pitju:d]

n. <正式>奸恶, 卑鄙, 背德

n.

奸恶; 卑鄙; 堕落

turpitude

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turpitude['tə:pitju:d]n.1.■卑鄙，可耻；恶劣；邪恶，堕落2.■卑鄙行为，堕落行为

1. [mass noun](formal)depravity; wickedness
   (正式)堕落；邪恶
   acts of moral turpitude.
   道德沦丧的行为。
   

1. late 15th cent.: from French, or from Latin turpitudo, from turpis 'disgraceful, base'
   

turpitude

名词 turpitude:

a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice

同义词：depravity

turpitude

■moral turpitude

[法] 反公德行为

■Similar devices may be used when the court starts hearing civil petitions to unseat Mr Zardari for “moral turpitude”.

一旦法院接到民事诉讼请求，很可能启用类似程序，判处扎尔达里“腐败”，令其下台。

■1.He was considered unfit to hold office because of moral turpitude.

为了道德上的可耻行为，他被认为不适担任公务员。

■Maybe some are abhorrent & turpitude . When i stand for him, i found he is much poor than me. So pls forgive everyone you see, good or bad.

也许有些人很可恶,有些人很卑鄙.而当我设身为他想象的时候,我才知道:他比我还可怜.所以请原谅所有你见过的人,好人或坏人.

■To her, any female who didn't go about tightly laced in rigidly boned stays was but a short hop from moral turpitude.

以她的观点，如果女性不穿着系紧的骨制束衣，那么她距离道德败坏也就不远了。

■nor do we often reflect upon its turpitude or malignity, till we happen to feel its influence.

我们也不常思考其邪恶本质，除非我们自己深受其害。

■He has not been convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude;

没有触犯过涉及道德堕落的罪行;

■Let every declamation turn upon the beauty of liberty and virtue, and the deformity, turpitude, and malignity of slavery and vice.

让每一篇演讲都来谈自由和道德之美，都来谈奴役和邪恶之丑陋、卑鄙和恶毒。

■moral turpitud

道德上的可耻行为

■turpitude n.

邪恶；可耻；

■Music is the only language which can not express turpitude and irony.

音乐是唯一不能用及表达卑鄙的或讽刺的事物的语言。