
n.羞愧;恥辱;可恥的人或物
vt.使丟臉;使羞愧;使蒙羞
He had no sense of shame and never felt guilty. 他毫無(wú)羞恥之心,而且從不覺(jué)得內(nèi)疚。
He saved the child at the risk of his own life and put all those who looked on to shame. 他冒著生命危險(xiǎn)救了那個(gè)孩子,使所有旁觀者都相形見(jiàn)絀。
Your bad behavior brings shame on the whole school. 你的惡劣行徑給整個(gè)學(xué)校帶來(lái)恥辱。
It is a shame to take money from those who can't afford it. 拿別人的錢使人家無(wú)以自立是十分可恥的。
用作及物動(dòng)詞 (vt.)He was shamed by how much more work the others had done. 別人做得多得多,他感到很難為情。
Her careful work put all the rest to shame. 她的細(xì)致工作使得其余所有的人都自愧不如。
Such an act of cowardice by an officer shames his whole regiment. 一個(gè)軍官作出如此膽怯的行為使整個(gè)團(tuán)都蒙受羞辱。
shame的基本意思是“羞愧,羞恥”,多指由私通、私生、血統(tǒng)低下、與罪犯有牽連、犯罪等原因帶來(lái)的恥辱或壞名聲,是不可數(shù)名詞。表示“可恥的人、事或物”“遺憾的事,可惜”時(shí),是單數(shù)名詞,常跟不定冠詞a連用。
shame表示“羞愧感,羞恥之心”時(shí),一般用于疑問(wèn)句或否定句中。
v.(動(dòng)詞)shame的基本意思一是“使蒙受羞恥”,二是“使感到羞愧”,引申為“使相形見(jiàn)絀”,是及物動(dòng)詞,接名詞、代詞作賓語(yǔ),可用于被動(dòng)結(jié)構(gòu)。
當(dāng)以動(dòng)詞不定式或that從句作主語(yǔ)時(shí), shame常用于it作形式主語(yǔ)的結(jié)構(gòu)中。
adj.感到慚愧的;感到害臊的
adj.不羞恥的;厚臉無(wú)恥的;無(wú)愧的;坦然的
adv.害羞地