花灯集英语字典

shame

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音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ʃeɪm]
  • 美式音标 [ʃeɪm]
  • 国际音标 [ʃeim]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • n. 羞耻，羞愧；憾事，带来耻辱的人
  • vt. 使丢脸，使羞愧
  • n. (Shame)人名；(科特)沙梅

词源解说

  • 直接源自古英语的sceamu，意为觉得有罪或耻辱；最初源自原始日耳曼语的skamo，意为掩饰。

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    shameful：可耻的；不体面的；不道德的；猥亵的。
    shameless：无耻的；不要脸的；伤风败俗的。
  • adv性质的同根词
    shamelessly：不知羞耻地；厚着脸皮地。
    shamefacedly：羞愧地；羞怯地；谦卑地。
    shamefully：可耻地；不体面地。
  • n性质的同根词
    shamefulness：可耻。

用法辨析

    n. (名词)

  • shame的基本意思是“羞愧,羞耻”,多指由私通、私生、血统低下、与罪犯有牵连、犯罪等原因带来的耻辱或坏名声,是不可数名词。表示“可耻的人、事或物”“遗憾的事,可惜”时,是单数名词,常跟不定冠词a连用。
  • shame表示“羞愧感,羞耻之心”时,一般用于疑问句或否定句中。

    • v. (动词)

  • shame的基本意思一是“使蒙受羞耻”,二是“使感到羞愧”,引申为“使相形见绌”,是及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
  • 当以动词不定式或that从句作主语时, shame常用于it作形式主语的结构中。

英汉例句

    用作名词 (n.)

  • To my shame,I never thanked him for his kindness.
    我感到惭愧的是对他的好意我从未表示过感谢。

    • 用作动词 (v.)

    用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.

  • You've shamed your family.
    你给你们家丢脸了。

    • It ～s n./pron. +to- v

  • It shames me to say it, but I told a lie.
    说出来使我羞愧,但我确实撒谎了。

    • 其他

  • It's quite shaming that our society cares so little for the poor.
    我们这个社会对穷人毫不关心是很难堪的事。

词组短语

    用作名词 (n.)

    动词+～

  • add another shame to a shame 耻上加耻
  • bear shame 忍辱
  • bring shame 带来耻辱
  • cause shame 带来耻辱
  • cry shame on 说…应自觉惭愧,责备,非难

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • (BAD LUCK) If something is described as a shame, it is disappointing or not satisfactory.
  • (BAD FEELING) an uncomfortable feeling of guilt or of being ashamed because of your own or someone else's bad behaviour
  • (COMPARE WELL) to make someone or something seem not good by comparison
  • (BAD FEELING) to make someone feel ashamed, or to make someone or something lose honour and respect
  • (COMPARE WELL) to be so much better than something else that the other thing seems of a low standard by comparison
  • used to express disapproval of something that a public speaker is saying

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has.
  • If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you.
  • If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame.
  • If you shame someone into doing something, you force them to do it by making them feel ashamed not to.
  • If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently.
  • 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.
  • If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do.

专业释义

    心理学

  • 羞耻感

    Both social self and general academic self can predict the level of adolescents’ shame,and social self has larger predictive power.
    社会自我和一般学业自我能有效预测羞耻感水平,社会自我对羞耻感的预测力较好。

  • 羞耻