English Dictionary

infamy

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɪnfəmi/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The state of being infamous. / A reputation as being evil. / A reprehensible occurrence or situation. / (law) A stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.

日本語の意味

悪名高い状態 / 邪悪な評判、すなわち悪行や不正な行いで知られること / 非難される出来事や状況 / （法的概念として）証人になる資格を欠くような、個人の品性に付着する不名誉なレッテル

The senator's actions brought infamy upon his family, staining their reputation for generations.

その上院議員の行動は家族に汚名をもたらし、何世代にもわたって評判に傷をつけた。

意味（1）

The state of being infamous.

意味（2）

A reputation as being evil.

Yesterday, December seventh, 1941, a date which will live in infamy, the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.

意味（3）

A reprehensible occurrence or situation.

All for a pig of a man who should have gone to the chair. It is an infamy that he did not.

意味（4）

(law) A stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.

infamies （ plural ）