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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ig·no·min·i·ous /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/ adjective formal  ASHAMEDmaking you feel ashamed or embarrassed 蒙羞的,丢脸的; 可耻的 SYN humiliatingignominious defeat/failure/retreat etc 可耻的失利/失败/撤退等 an ignominious end to his career 他职业生涯不光彩的终结ignominiously adverb
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ignominiousHe was no hero: his final exit was ignominious.So, a sort of ignominious continuation - Elvis Costello's thirty-third album!an ignominious defeatNo other party risked ignominious defeat.They would wipe out the shame of their ignominious defeat!That it was erected, operated for a short while and then reverted to ignominious dereliction are all true.The principle of propulsion by Flettner rotors suffers still from their ignominious fate.Pretty ignominious sort of territorial pawn at that.Heavy losses or, at best, inadequate returns on capital invested have resulted in ignominious withdrawals from the market.ignominious defeat/failure/retreat etcNo other party risked ignominious defeat.Saints managed a brief recovery to 18-12 before falling away to ignominious defeat.The anniversary of his coronation seemed destined to be marked by ignominious defeat.They would wipe out the shame of their ignominious defeat!It was an ignominious failure - the plane left the runway then crashed into a ball of flames.
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ignominious
ignominious /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/ adjective formal
making you feel ashamed or embarrassed
   SYN  humiliating
    ignominious defeat/failure/retreat etc
    an ignominious end to his career
—ignominiously adverb


ig·no·mini·ousBrE /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) that makes, or should make, you feel ashamed 耻辱的;可耻的;不光彩的 SYN disgraceful, humiliating an ignominious defeat可耻的失败He made one mistake and his career came to an ignominious end. 他犯了一个错误,他的事业就很不体面地结束了。🔊🔊 ig·no·mini·ous·ly BrE /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəsli/ 🔊NAmE /ˌɪɡnəˈmɪniəsli/ 🔊 adverb