新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

shame

英  [ʃeɪm]
    

[NOUN, VERB]

    CONVENTION. 习惯表达
  • 1耻辱

    You can use shame in expressions such as shame on you and shame on him to indicate that someone ought to feel shame for something they have said or done.

    双语例句

    例:

    He tried to deny it. Shame on him!

    他想否认此事。真丢人!

    NOUN. 名词
  • 1[U 不可数名词] 羞耻 , 羞愧

    Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has.

    双语例句

    例:

    She felt a deep sense of shame.

    她深感羞耻。

    例:

    Her father and her brothers would die of shame.

    她的父亲和兄弟们会羞愧死的。

    2[U 不可数名词] 耻辱

    If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you.

    近义词

    disgrace

    双语例句

    例:

    I don't want to bring shame on the family name.

    我不想玷污家族的名声。

    3[SING 单数型名词] 令人遗憾的事

    If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently.

    双语例句

    例:

    It's a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks.

    警察不得不容忍这些无谓的攻击,实在是令人感到万般遗憾。

    PHRASE. 习语
  • put someone to shame

    1使自愧不如

    If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do.

    双语例句

    例:

    His playing really put me to shame.

    他的表现真让我自愧不如。

    VERB. 动词
  • shames , shaming , shamed

    1[T 及物动词] 使羞愧

    If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame.

    双语例句

    例:

    Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her.

    她儿子的事丢了她的脸、令她羞愧。

    2[T 及物动词] 使…感到羞愧(而做某事)

    If you shame someone into doing something, you force them to do it by making them feel ashamed not to.

    双语例句

    例:

    He would not let neighbours shame him into silence.

    他不会因为邻居的羞辱而默不作声。

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