infamy
infamy 英 [ˈɪnfəmi] 美 [ˈɪnfəmi]
n. 声名狼藉；恶行
名词复数:infamies
- Infamy means being famous for something bad or negative. You may be hoping for fame when you get an enormous tattoo of your favorite pop star on your back, but there's a chance you'll end up with infamy instead.
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- n. 声名狼藉；恶行
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1. But there stood one in the midst of you, at whose brand of sin and infamy ye have not shuddered!
但是就在你们中间，却站着一个人，他的罪孽和耻辱并不为你们所回避！
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2. Fortunately, few people with psychotic tendencies go on to become serial killers, but those who do gain an infamy matched by no other crime.
幸运的是，只有少数具有精神病倾向的人会演变为连环杀手，但是，他们恶行之残暴却是其它罪行所远不能比拟的。
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3. "Hester," said he, "I ask not wherefore, nor how, thou hast fallen into the pit, or say, rather, thou hast ascended to the pedestal of infamy, on which I found thee.
“海丝特，”他说，“我不对你盘诘：出于什么原因或以何种方式，你堕入了深渊，或者宁可说，你登上了耻辱的刑台我正是在那儿见到你的。
- infamy (n.) early 15c., "public disgrace, dishonor, evil fame," from Old French infamie "dishonor, infamous person" (14c.) and directly from Latin infamia "ill fame, bad repute, dishonor," from infamis "disreputable, notorious, of ill fame," from in- "not, without" (see in- (1)) + fama "reputation" (from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say"). Meaning "quality of being shamefully vile" is from 1510s.
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