a corrupt or depraved or degenerate act or practice;
"the various turpitudes of modern society"
turpitude 片语
片语
baseness卑鄙;下贱
meanness卑鄙;吝啬;劣等
turpitude 例句
英汉例句
the cumulative weight of all this turpitude raises the question of whether american business has suffered a moral collapse.
堕落的行为日积月累,难道美国商业道德已经破产了吗?
and there is a third answer: after a big revolution (like the bolshevik one), the new rulers are often keen to show up the moral turpitude of their predecessors.