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Infamy is the bad name itself: the state of being known for something evil or shameful. It is a heavy, rather old noun. You will hear it in history and news, and in one very famous American line about a day that would “live in infamy” — meaning people would never forget how wrong that day was. It is not a word for a small mistake or a private blush. If you only need “a bad reputation,” that is often enough; infamy is the deep end of that idea.
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組成From late Middle English infamie, from Old French infamie, from Latin infamia, from infamis: in- (not) + fama (fame, renown). It took the place of Old English unhlīsa, literally “bad fame.”
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
infamynoun/ˈɪnfəmi/
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The state of being infamous.
- December 7, 1941; November 22, 1963; and September 11, 2001. The three dates which will live in infamy.
- ... but the cars of chaste women have either coverings thrown over them, or white sheets hung over; for instance, on the cars of the female part of the family of the deceased Nawabs Khanduran and Muzaffar Khan, there used generally to be fastened thick dirty white cloths, and in like manner also on their palanquins—although one brother was the chief treasurer, and the other a commander of seven thousand men. And most assuredly this is a requirement of modesty; for one whose palanquin or cart is turned out with much splendour, verily the idea comes to the minds of the sight-seers and common people, that in it there must be some lovely one, bright as the morning, the envy of the fairies. Hence, for the cars or palanquins for women to ride in to be greatly embroidered is, in the opinion of certain men of standing, who are worthy to be trusted, of great infamy.
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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.
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lawA stigma attaching to a person's character that disqualifies them from being a witness.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。