a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour
羞耻,羞愧
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she was hot with shame 她羞惭得脸红发热
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he felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie .他因向艾丽斯撒了谎而感到一阵羞愧。
a loss of respect or esteem; dishonour
丢脸,羞辱,耻辱
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the incident had brought shame on his family .这件事给他的家人带来了耻辱。
[count noun]a person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honour
带来耻辱的人(或行为、局面)
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ignorance of Latin would be a disgrace and a shame to any public man .公众人物不懂拉丁语是件丢脸的事。
[in sing.]a regrettable or unfortunate situation or action
憾事;倒霉的事
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it is a shame that they are not better known .真遗憾,他们没能得到人们的更多了解。
make (someone) feel ashamed
使感到羞耻(或羞愧)
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I tried to shame him into giving some away 我试图让他觉得羞愧,从而放弃一些
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legal action must be taken and companies named and shamed. 必须提起诉讼,相关公司必须点名批评。
bring shame to
使蒙羞,使丢脸
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the entire debacle has shamed Scotland .完全的失败使苏格兰丢尽了脸面。
cause (someone) to feel ashamed or inadequate by outdoing or surpassing them
使蒙羞;使相形见绌
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she shames me with her eighty-year-old energy .她80岁了,还那么劲头十足,真使我无地自容。
used to express sympathy or pity
[用于表示同情或怜悯]真遗憾
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people's response when they hear you live in England is ‘Oh shame! That terrible climate!’ 人们听说你住在英格兰时的反应是:“哦,太遗憾了!天气那么糟糕!”
〈南非〉 [用于表示对小而可爱的东西等的愉快心情]真讨人喜欢
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look at the foals — shame, aren't they sweet? 瞧那些小马——真讨人喜欢,它们多可爱呀!
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put someone to shame make someone feel inadequate by greatly outdoing or surpassing them 使相形见绌she puts me to shame, she's so capable . 她使我相形见绌,她真能干 -
shame on you used to reprove someone for something of which they should be ashamed (用于责备做了丢脸事的人)可耻shame on you for hitting a woman . 你真丢脸,竟然打女人
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