turpitude

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɜː(ɹ)pɪtjuːd/    美 /ˈtɜɹpətuːd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Inherent baseness, depravity or wickedness; corruptness and evilness. countable,uncountable
    — As for the moral turpitude that man unveiled to me, even with tears of penitence, I cannot, even in memory, dwell on it without a start of horror.
  2. An act evident of such depravity. countable,uncountable

词形变化

turpitudes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
moral turpitude
相关词
turpid turpidly turpitudinous

词源

Borrowed from Middle French turpitude, from Latin turpitūdō (“baseness, infamy”), from turpis (“foul, base”).
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