infamous

形容词 adj.
中文释义
发音 ĭnʹfə-məs

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having a bad reputation; disreputable; notorious; unpleasant or evil; widely known, especially for something scornful.
    — He was an infamous traitor.
  2. Causing infamy; disgraceful.
    — This infamous deed tarnishes all involved.
  3. Subject to a judicial punishment depriving (the person) of certain rights (e.g. the rights to hold public office, exercise the franchise, receive a public pension, serve on a jury, or give testimony in a court of law). UK,historical
  4. Punishable by death or imprisonment. archaic
    — No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger […]

词形变化

more infamous comparative most infamous superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
infamously infamousness infamy

词源

From Middle English enfamouse, in-fames, infamous, from Medieval Latin īnfāmōsus, from Latin īnfāmis; by surface analysis, in- + famous. Displaced native Old English unhlīsful.
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