disreputable
評判が悪い
解説 Definition
評判が悪く信用できないさま。品行が怪しく尊敬に値しない。
If a person, business, or place is disreputable, people think it is dishonest, immoral, or not respectable. The word is often used for someone or something with a bad public reputation. It suggests more than simple unpopularity and often implies low standards or suspicious behavior.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
reputation（評判）や reputable（評判のよい）を知っていれば、dis- が付いて「評判がよくない」と自然に取れる。中心は単なる「不人気」ではなく、「信用できない」「品がない」「いかがわしい」まで含むこと。a disreputable bar / neighborhood / source / character のように、店・地域・情報源・人物が「関わると危ない感じ」で出やすい。respectable の反対側に置くと定着しやすい。
Start from `reputation` or `reputable`. Add the negative prefix `dis-`, and you get the idea of something with a bad name. It often appears with places, people, or sources that feel shady: `a disreputable bar`, `a disreputable character`.
例文
The disreputable dealer was known for selling counterfeit goods to unsuspecting tourists.
評判の悪い業者は、無防備な観光客に偽造品を売ることで知られていた。
He associated with disreputable characters who eventually led him into trouble.
彼は評判の悪い人物たちと付き合い、結局トラブルに巻き込まれた。
The company's disreputable business practices were finally exposed by investigative journalists.
その会社の悪質な商慣行は、ついに調査報道記者によって暴露された。
disreputable の類義語・関連語
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disreputable の語源・成り立ち Etymology
disreputable は dis-「否定」+ reputable「評判のよい」から成る語です。repute はラテン語 reputare「考え直す・評価する」に由来するので、文字どおり「よく評価されない」から「評判が悪い」となります。関連語に reputation, reputable があります。
Disreputable is made from dis- "not" and reputable. Reputable comes from repute, from Latin reputare, meaning "to think over" or "to judge." So the word originally suggests someone not judged well, which became the modern sense of having a bad reputation. Related words include repute and reputation.
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