reprobate

adjective
🔊/ˈreprəbeɪt/
🔊/ˈreprəbeɪt/
[only before noun] (formal)
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  1. not moral堕落的人;不道德的人
    • reprobate behaviour重犯行为
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2

reprobate

noun
🔊/ˈreprəbeɪt/
🔊/ˈreprəbeɪt/
(formal or humorous)
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  1. a person who behaves in a way that society thinks is not moral堕落的人;不道德的人Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (as a verb): from Latin reprobat- ‘disapproved’, from the verb reprobare, from re- (expressing reversal) + probare ‘approve’.