(used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
\\\"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands\\\"
\\\"an ignominious retreat\\\"
\\\"inglorious defeat\\\"
\\\"an opprobrious monument to human greed\\\"
\\\"a shameful display of cowardice\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
The waste is one kind of ignominious behavior. 浪費是一種可恥的行為。
The conspiracy frittered away to an ignominious conclusion. 那個陰謀以可恥的失敗而告終。
He made one mistake and his career came to an ignominious end. 他犯了一個錯誤，他的事業就很不體面地結束了。
There is a long, ignominious tradition in this nation of violence toward newcomers. 這個國家有個不光彩的傳統，那就是對于初來乍到者的不友好。
常用短語
The lamentable gulf between the prophesied glory and the ignominious fact.