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reprobate

🇬🇧 UK/'reprәubeit/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

A person of low morals or principles; someone considered sinful or corrupt.

堕落的人;道德败坏者;恶棍

v.

To strongly disapprove of or condemn something or someone.

强烈谴责;斥责

adj.

Immoral, unprincipled, or sinful; rejected as worthless.

堕落的;道德败坏的;邪恶的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
probto test, to approve, to disapprove
+
ateto make, having
=reprobate

Common Collocations

  • 1.old reprobate老无赖
  • 2.[moral reprobate]道德败坏者
  • 3.utter reprobate十足的恶棍
  • 4.[confirmed reprobate]积习难改的堕落之人

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The old reprobate spent his evenings gambling away his family's savings.

  • 2.

    Despite his reputation as a reprobate, he was surprisingly generous to the poor.

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