a/an + adj + reprobate
reprobate 作名词时前面常带形容词修饰，语气带有明显的谴责意味。
Her uncle was a charming old reprobate who never paid his debts.
她的叔叔是个迷人的老恶棍，从不还债。
被上帝弃绝的人；罪人；被上帝拒绝的人；罪人；道德或原则低下的人；堕落的人
A person with low morals or principles; a scoundrel.
被上帝拒绝的人；罪人
One rejected by God; a sinful person.
道德或原则低下的人
A person with low morals or principles.
The old reprobate spent all his money on gambling and never helped his family.
那个老无赖把所有的钱都花在赌博上，从不帮助家人。
用法提示：reprobate 作名词，指道德败坏、不顾家庭的堕落之人。
Everyone in the town knew him as a reprobate who would cheat anyone for profit.
镇上的人都知道他是个为了利益会欺骗任何人的恶棍。
用法提示：reprobate 作名词，指以欺骗获利、毫无道德的人。
Despite his charming manners, he was a notorious reprobate with a long criminal record.
尽管他举止迷人，但他是一个有着漫长犯罪记录的臭名昭著的恶棍。
用法提示：reprobate 作名词，指表面有魅力但实际道德沦丧、有犯罪前科的人。
reprobate 作名词时前面常带形容词修饰，语气带有明显的谴责意味。
Her uncle was a charming old reprobate who never paid his debts.
她的叔叔是个迷人的老恶棍，从不还债。
多用于描述某人在道德上堕落，常与 hardened、complete 等词搭配作表语。
By thirty he had become a hardened reprobate.
到三十岁时，他已经成了一个不可救药的恶棍。
用关系从句进一步说明其劣行，比单用名词更具书面色彩。
He is a reprobate who has cheated every business partner he has ever had.
他是个把每个生意伙伴都骗过的无赖。
grammar · medium
易错句子She married reprobate last year.
正确表达She married a reprobate last year.
reprobate 是可数名词，单数形式在句中作宾语时前面必须有限定词；这里泛指“一个道德败坏的人”，要用不定冠词 a。汉语名词没有冠词，学习者容易漏掉。
grammar · medium
易错句子He is one of the worst reprobate I know.
正确表达He is one of the worst reprobates I know.
在 one of the + 最高级 + 名词复数 的结构里，中心名词必须用复数；reprobate 的复数是 reprobates，不能保留单数形式。
reprobate 语气重且偏古旧，常指被上帝弃绝、道德彻底败坏的人；sinner 泛指任何犯罪或违背宗教道德的人，语气中性得多，日常宗教语境中常用。
reprobate 多指因恶行而被上帝弃绝、彻底败坏的人，带强烈道德或宗教谴责，通常作名词；degenerate 更强调道德或行为上的堕落、退化，可作名词也可作形容词，作名词时不如作形容词常见。
reprobate 侧重被上帝弃绝或道德彻底败坏，宗教色彩和古旧感较强；miscreant 指作恶、行为不端的人，语气较正式，常用于小说或新闻，不强调宗教上的弃绝。
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