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词汇 bastardry
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Definition of bastardry in English:

bastardry

nounˈbastədriˈbɑːstədri
mass nounAustralian informal
  • Cruel, despicable, or otherwise unpleasant behaviour.

    blocking the debate was an act of political bastardry
    Example sentencesExamples
    • He gave unscrupulous people the go ahead to commit acts of bastardry.
    • Perhaps caucus members felt that increasing the future incidence of bastardry was a price worth paying in the effort to put the nightmare behind them.
    • She is a fierce champion of equality of opportunity, having endured the bastardry of the Queensland government decades ago.
    • These little acts of bastardry are proof they know their goose is cooked.
    • The hooking role is the most aggressively confrontational in the union game - an exercise in naked, no-holds-barred bastardry.
    • Politics in New Zealand needs more low bastardry, not this kind of amateur hour stuff.
    • The only viable defence against such bastardry rests with National print media truly living up to their professional journalistic standards.
    • Now they are being rewarded for their bastardry to our children with no requirement that they even spend it on education.
    • I did not note anyone ask her about this act of complete bastardry.
    • Aussie politicians are generally very, very good at low bastardry.

Origin

1940s: from bastard + -ry.

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