shame
英 /
ʃeɪm
美 /
[ʃeɪm]
n.
羞耻;羞愧;惭愧;羞耻心;羞愧感;令人惋惜的事;让人遗憾的事;耻辱
vt.
使羞愧(或惭愧);使蒙受耻辱;使丢脸
int.
(表示同情或喜爱)真可惜,太遗憾了,好极了,真棒
第三人称单数: shames复数: shames现在分词: shaming过去式: shamed过去分词: shamed
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牛津词典
noun
1
[U] 羞耻;羞愧;惭愧
the feelings of sadness, embarrassment and guilt that you have when you know that sth you have done is wrong or stupid
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。
He could not live with the shame of other people knowing the truth.
别人知道了事情的真相,他羞得无地自容。
To my shame (= I feel shame that) I refused to listen to her side of the story.
使我感到惭愧的是,我拒绝听她对事情的解释。
2
[U] (formal) (only used in questions and negative sentences 仅用于疑问句和否定句) 羞耻心;羞愧感
the ability to feel shame at sth you have done
Have you no shame?
你就不知道羞耻吗?
3
a shame
[sing.] 令人惋惜的事;让人遗憾的事
used to say that sth is a cause for feeling sad or disappointed
同义词: pity
What a shame they couldn't come.
他们不能来了,真是遗憾。
It's a shame about Tim, isn't it?
蒂姆的事让人遗憾,你说是不是?
It's a shame that she wasn't here to see it.
真可惜她不能在这儿亲眼看看。
It would be a crying shame (= a great shame) not to take them up on the offer.
要是不接受他们的提议,将来后悔都来不及。
4
[U] 耻辱;丢脸
the loss of respect that is caused when you do sth wrong or stupid
There is no shame in wanting to be successful.
有抱负不是什么丢脸的事。
(formal) She felt that her failure would bring shame on her family.
她觉得她的失败会使家人蒙羞。
习语
put sb/sth to shame
大大胜过;使相形见绌;使自愧不如
to be much better than sb/sth
Their presentation put ours to shame.
他们的演出使我们的相形见绌。
shame on you, him, etc.
(informal) (责备时说)真丢脸,真不害臊
used to say that sb should feel ashamed for sth they have said or done
name and shame
(BrE) 公布行为不当或违法者的名单;公布黑名单
to publish the names of people or organizations who have done sth wrong or illegal
verb
[VN]
1
使羞愧(或惭愧)
to make sb feel ashamed
His generosity shamed them all.
他的大度使他们都感到羞愧。
2
(formal) 使蒙受耻辱;使丢脸
to make sb feel that they have lost honour or respect
You have shamed your family.
你使你的家庭蒙受了耻辱。
短语动词
shame sb into doing sth
使某人羞愧而不得不做(某事)
to persuade sb to do sth by making them feel ashamed not to do it
She shamed her father into promising more help.
她使父亲感到过意不去,只好答应多给她些帮助。
exclamation
(SAfrE) (表示同情或喜爱)真可惜,太遗憾了,好极了,真棒
used to express sympathy, or to show that you like sb/sth
Shame, she's so cute!
哇,她简直是太漂亮了!
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柯林斯词典
shame
频次
1
N-UNCOUNT 羞耻;羞愧;惭愧
Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has.
She felt a deep sense of shame...
她深感羞愧。
2
N-UNCOUNT 丢脸;耻辱
If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you.
I don't want to bring shame on the family name...
我不想玷污家族的名声。
3
VERB 使羞愧;使惭愧;使难为情
If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame.
Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her.
儿子的事让她感到难堪和羞愧。
4
VERB 使蒙受耻辱;使丢脸
If you shame someone close to you, you make people lose their respect for that person, by behaving in an unacceptable way.
I wouldn't shame my father by trying that.
我不会做那种事让我父亲丢脸。
5
VERB 使…感到羞愧(而不得不做…)
If you shame someone into doing something, you force them to do it by making them feel ashamed not to.
He would not let neighbours shame him into silence...
邻居们试图想让他自感羞愧而从此闭口,他是不会乖乖就范的。
6
N-SING 令人惋惜的事;让人遗憾的事
If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently.
It's a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks...
警察得忍受这些无谓的攻击,真是太不像话了。
7
CONVENTION 真丢脸;真不害臊
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.
He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
他还想抵赖,真不害臊!
8
PHRASE 使自惭形秽;使相形见绌;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.
His playing really put me to shame.
他的表演真让我自惭形秽。