单词 | shame |
释义 | shame noun¹ 1feeling that you have lost the respect of others觉得不再受尊重adjective | verb + shame | preposition | phrases adjective➤deep深深的羞愧➤secret内心的羞愧◆this is the secret shame i have carried around for decades.这个不为人知的羞耻之事压在我心中有好几十年了。➤public当众受辱◆he risked public shame and possible imprisonment.他冒着当众受辱和身陷囹圄的危险。◆all she wanted was to escape so that she would not have to face this public shame.她只想逃得远远的,避免在众人面前面对这样的羞辱。➤national (especially bre) 国耻◆it is a national shame that our prisons serve as mental institutions.监狱被当作精神病院,这是我们的国耻。verb + shame➤be filled with, feel满怀羞愧;感到惭愧▸➤bring, cause带来耻辱;使羞愧◆his arrest for stealing brought shame on his family.他因偷盗被捕,令他的家人蒙羞。➤die of (figurative) 羞愧死了◆i nearly died of shame!我当时简直羞愧得要死!preposition➤from shame因羞愧◆she wept from the shame of having let everyone down.她因使大家失望而羞愧地哭了起来。➤in shame羞愧地◆she shut her eyes in shame.她羞愧地闭上了眼。➤to your shame令某人羞愧的是◆to my shame, i didn't tell robert about the party.令我不好意思的是,我没告诉罗伯特聚会的事。◆to my everlasting shame, i failed her when she needed me most.在她最需要我的时候没能帮她,这让我一辈子羞愧难当。➤without shame毫不惭愧◆he had cried noisily and without shame at the news of esther's death.得知埃丝特的死讯,他不顾面子地大声哭了起来。➤with shame由于羞愧◆she blushed with shame.她羞得涨红了脸。➤shame about, shame at因⋯羞愧◆she felt a flush of shame at what she'd said.她为自己说的话羞得脸都红了。➤shame for为⋯感到羞愧◆do you feel no shame for what you've done?你对自己的所作所为一点儿也不感到脸红吗?➤shame in在⋯方面丢脸◆there's no shame in making an honest living.过老实本分的生活不丢人。➤shame on因⋯而羞愧◆shame on you for doubting me!你居然怀疑我,真不害臊!➤shame over因⋯感到羞愧◆you feel absolutely no shame over what you did, do you?你对你的所作所为一点儿也不感到脸红,是吗?phrases➤bow your head in shame, hang your head in shame羞愧地低下头/垂下头➤a feeling of shame, a sense of shame羞耻感◆he was being held by two security guards, his head bowed in shame.他被两个保安架着,羞愧地低着头。shame noun² 2a shame sth that makes you feel disappointed令人失望的事adjective | preposition | phrases adjective➤awful, great, real, terrible极其遗憾的事;极大的憾事;确实遗憾;令人不快的憾事▸➤crying, damn, damned (all informal) 令人扼腕的遗憾;十足的憾事preposition➤shame about⋯的遗憾◆it's a terrible shame about steve losing his job.史蒂夫丢了工作,真是太可惜了。phrases➤a bit of a shame, rather a shame, such a shame, what a shame有点儿遗憾;有些可惜;太可惜了;真遗憾◆what a shame you can't come!你来不了,太可惜了!shame verbadverb | preposition adverb➤publicly当众羞辱◆the people who did this all deserve to be publicly shamed.干这种事的人都应该受到大家的唾弃。preposition➤into使因羞愧而⋯◆an outcry from customers has shamed the company into lowering its prices.顾客的抗议使公司感到理亏而不得不降了价。shame [uncountable] public disgrace不名誉;耻辱;丢脸◆there is no shame in wanting to be successful.追求成功不是什么丢脸的事。◆ (formal) she felt that her failure would bring shame on her family.她觉得自己的失败会使家人蒙羞。 ➡ see also shame → embarrass verb , shameful → outrageous shame [transitive] (written or formal) to make sb feel ashamed; to make sb feel that they have lost honour or respect使羞愧;使惭愧;使蒙受耻辱◆his generosity shamed them all.他的慷慨大方令他们所有人羞愧。◆she shamed her father into promising to help (= persuaded him to do it by making him feel ashamed not to do it).她令她父亲感到过意不去,只好答应帮忙。◆the companies that pollute our rivers should be named and shamed.那些污染了我们河流的公司应该上黑名单,公之于众。 ➡ see also shame → guilt noun , shame → disgrace noun 2 ▸ shaming adjective◆a shaming defeat by a less experienced teamshame [uncountable] the feelings of guilt, sadness and embarrassment that you have because of sth wrong or stupid that you have done羞耻;羞愧;惭愧◆his face burned with shame.他的脸因羞愧而发烫。◆she hung her head in shame.她羞愧地低下了头。◆i would die of shame if she ever found out.要是她发现了,我会羞愧死的。◆to my shame (= i feel shame that) i refused to listen to her side of the story.让我感到惭愧的是,我拒绝听她对事情的解释。ⓘ in formal language shame can also be the ability to feel shame at sth you have done; this meaning is only used in questions and negative sentences.在正式用语中,shame 还可指羞耻心、羞愧感。此义仅用于疑问句和否定句◆have you no shame?你就不知道羞耻吗?opp pride → satisfaction ➡ see also shame → embarrass verb , ashamed → sorry , shameless , unashamed → cool adj. note 辨析 guilt or shame?you feel guilt when you have done sth that you believe to be wrong, and it does not matter whether other people know about it or not; you usually only feel shame when other people know that you have done sth wrong or stupid and you feel that you have lost their respect. * guilt 指做错事自己感到的内疚,与他人是否知晓无关; shame 通常仅指自己做了错事或蠢事给别人知道了而感到的羞愧◆he could not live with the guilt of knowing it was all his fault.他知道这全是自己的错,这种罪恶感让他受不了。◆he could not live with the shame of other people knowing the truth.其他人知道了真相,他羞愧得无地自容。shamenoun ( usually通常作 a shame) [singular] (rather informal, especially spoken) used to say that sth is a cause for feeling sad or disappointed令人惋惜的事;让人遗憾的事◆it's such a shame that she wasn't here to see it.真可惜她不能在这儿亲眼看看。◆what a shame they couldn't come.他们不能来了,真是遗憾。◆it would be a crying shame (= a great shame) to let all that talent go to waste.听任那样的天赋浪费掉,该多可惜。note 辨析 pity or shame?both pity and shame are more frequent in spoken than written english, but shame is far more frequent in spoken english than pity. * pity 和 shame 用于口语均多于书面语,但 shame 用于口语较 pity 多得多。shame¹/ʃeɪm ||; ʃem/noun1. [u] the unpleasant feeling of guilt and embarrassment that you get when you have done sth stupid or morally wrong; the ability to have this feeling 羞耻;羞愧;惭愧;羞耻心;羞愧感: ◇she was filled with shame at the thought of how she had lied to her mother. 她一想到曾对母亲说谎就满怀羞愧。◇his actions have brought shame on his whole family. 他的所作所为使全家蒙羞。◇he doesn't care how he behaves in public. he's got no shame! 他当众肆意妄为,真是不知羞耻! ☞adjective ashamed 形容词为ashamed 2. a shame [sing] a fact or situation that makes you feel disappointed 令人失望的事实或情况;憾事: ◇ it's a shame about adam failing his exams, isn't it? 亚当考试不及格,真遗憾,对吗?◇ what a shame you have to leave so soon. 你这么快就要走了,真遗憾。◇it would be a shame to miss an opportunity like this. 错过这样的机会是很可惜的。 shame²/ʃeɪm ||; ʃem/verb [t] to make sb feel shame for sth bad that he/she has done 使感到羞愧或羞耻 shamesee ⇨ ashamed 2 ⇨ guilty 7 • • •• ⇨ bring shame on• ⇨ hang/bow your head (in shame)• ⇨ it's a pity/shame• ⇨ put sb/sth to shame☞ shame¹☞ shame² |
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