unprincipled

[US]/ʌn'prɪnsɪp(ə)ld/
[UK]/ʌn'prɪnsəpld/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 不道德的,肆无忌惮的,不诚实的无原则的

Example Sentences

an unprincipled person

肆无忌惮的人

the public's dislike of unprincipled press behaviour.

公众对于新闻界不道德行为的反感。

Real-world Examples

Her prophets are unprincipled; they are treacherous people. Her priests profane the sanctuary and do violence to the law.

她的先知是虚浮诡诈的人,她的祭司亵渎圣所,强解律法。

Source: 36 Zephaniah Musical Bible Theater Version - NIV

" I am very bad and unprincipled-I know you think that" !

“我很坏很没原则——我知道你是这么想的” !

Source: The Unnamed Jude (Middle)

[Reporter] Lorch even appeared in the BAN documentary complaining about unprincipled recyclers.

- [记者] Lorch 甚至出现在 BAN 纪录片中,抱怨无原则的回收商。

Source: Space – Verge Science

In a few years his unprincipled wife warped the probity of a lifetime.

几年后,他那无原则的妻子扭曲了一生的正直。

Source: Ah, pioneers!

She must be an unprincipled one, or she could not have used your brother so.

她一定是个没原则的人,否则她不可能这么利用你弟弟。

Source: Northanger Abbey (original version)

Giacinta was unprincipled and violent: I tired of her in three months.

Giacinta 无原则且暴力:三个月后我就厌倦了她。

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

Shaw was generally surrounded by such worthless characters, being himself noted as a gambler and unprincipled man.

萧伯纳周围通常都是这些毫无价值的人,他本人也被认为是个赌徒和无原则的人。

Source: Twelve Years a Slave

" Well" -Jude for a moment felt an unprincipled and fiendish wish to annihilate his rival at all cost.

“好吧”——裘德有那么一刻感到了一种不惜一切代价消灭他的对手的无原则和邪恶的愿望。

Source: The Unnamed Jude (Middle)

Mr. Lee accused Mr. Johnson of pursuing a damaging withdrawal from the European Union in unprincipled ways, and of " putting lives and livelihoods at risk."

李指责约翰逊为了脱欧不择手段,这种脱欧方式危害十足,是“将无数的生命和生计置于不顾”的做法。

Source: New York Times

The Israeli leader Menachem Begin called him unprincipled, avaricious, heartless and lacking in human feeling after he said that Germans living in a divided nation should feel sympathy for Palestinian self-determination.

在他发表了生活在一个分裂国家中的德国人应当对巴勒斯坦人的民族自决表示同情的言论后,以色列领导人贝京称他没有原则立场、贪得无厌、没心没肺,而且缺乏人类感情。

Source: The Economist (Summary)

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