• n. 恥辱；不體面；丑行

ig-,不，非，-nom,名字，名聲，詞源同name,nominee.即不好的名聲，恥辱，不名譽(yù)。此處in-異化成ig-屬于矯枉過正。

ignominy (n.)

1530s, back-formation from ignominious or else from Middle French ignominie (15c.), from Latin ignominia "disgrace, dishonor" (see ignominious). Also sometimes shortened to ignomy.

1. They suffered the ignominy of defeat.

他們蒙受了失敗的恥辱。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

2. If they were caught, she would be thrown out in disgrace, dismissed with ignominy.

一旦他們被抓住，她就會(huì)名譽(yù)掃地，被很不光彩地撤職開除。

來自辭典例句

3. Gradually his feeling of ignominy and of rage sank.

他的怒火和委屈漸漸煙消云散.

來自辭典例句

4. Was she now to endure the ignominy of his abandoning her?

她現(xiàn)在是否準(zhǔn)備忍受被他拋棄的痛苦?

來自辭典例句

5. By bringing me hither, to die this death of triumphant ignominy before the people!

他把我?guī)У竭@里,讓我在眾人面前, 死在勝利的恥辱之中!

來自英漢文學(xué) - 紅字