中文词源
reprobate 堕落的人，不道德的人
re-,相反，-probe,证实，证明，词源同 probate,probe,prove.比喻用法。
英语词源
- reprobate
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reprobate: [16] The Latin prefix re- usually denoted ‘return’ or ‘repetition’, but it was also used for ‘reversal of a previous condition’. This usage lies behind Latin reprobāre (source of English reprove [14]), a compound verb based on probāre ‘test, approve’ (source of English prove). It meant ‘disapprove’, and its past participle reprobātus was used in post-classical Latin to denote a person ‘disapproved or abandoned by God’ because of their wickedness.
=> probation, probe, prove, reprove - reprobate (adj.)
- early 15c., "rejected as worthless," from Late Latin reprobatus, past participle of reprobare "disapprove, reject, condemn," from Latin re- "opposite of, reversal of previous condition" (see re-) + probare "prove to be worthy" (see probate (n.)). Earliest form of the word in English was a verb, meaning "to disapprove" (early 15c.).
- reprobate (n.)
- 1540s, "one rejected by God," from reprobate (adj.). Sense of "abandoned or unprincipled person" is from 1590s.
权威例句
- 1. He disowned his reprobate son.
- 他声明与堕落的儿子脱离关系.
- 2. He has always been a bit of a reprobate.
- 他一向不很规矩.
- 3. He ventured to reprobate that common system.
- 他很大胆地摈弃了一般常用的那种方式.
- 4. Don't reprobate a weak and foolish girl's ignorance.
- 还是不要谴责一个软弱而又愚蠢的姑娘的无知吧!
- 5. The reprobate and Satan will suffer eternal punishment in hell.
- 被弃绝的人和撒但会在地狱受到永恒的刑罚.