Group 160: prob=try, test
“测试,证明”
probity
n.刚直,正直,诚实
People did not question him because of his reputation for probity.
由于他以正直闻名,人们并没有质疑他。
reprobate
n.堕落者,道德败坏的人adj.堕落的
I cannot understand why he has so many admirers if he is the reprobate you say he is.
如果他真如你所说是一个道德败坏的人,那么我就不理解为什么他有那么多崇拜者。
approbation
n.①称赞②批准,认可
Popularity polls seem to be based on the mistaken idea that the basic task of a political leader is to win immediate approbation from the people.
民意测验似乎建立在这样一种错误的观念上,即认为一个政治领袖的基本任 务就是从人民那里得到直接的认可。
opprobrium
n.①恶名声②诽谤
He refused to defend himself against the slander and opprobrium hurled against him by the newspapers; he preferred to rely on his record.
他拒绝针对报纸上对他的诋毁和诽谤而为自己辩护,他更喜欢用事实说话。