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. 他毫無羞恥之心，而且從不覺得內(nèi)疚。
He saved the child at the risk of his own life and put all those who looked on to shame. 他冒著生命危險救了那個孩子,使所有旁觀者都相形見絀。
Your bad behavior brings shame on the whole school. 你的惡劣行徑給整個學校帶來恥辱。
It is a shame to take money from those who can't afford it. 拿別人的錢使人家無以自立是十分可恥的。
用作及物動詞 (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. 一個軍官作出如此膽怯的行為使整個團都蒙受羞辱。
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,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,一般用于疑問句或否定句中。
v.(動詞)shame的基本意思一是“使蒙受羞恥”,二是“使感到羞愧”,引申為“使相形見絀”,是及物動詞,接名詞、代詞作賓語,可用于被動結(jié)構(gòu)。
當以動詞不定式或that從句作主語時, shame常用于it作形式主語的結(jié)構(gòu)中。
