shame
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has. 羞恥; 羞愧
She felt a deep sense of shame. 她深感羞恥。
Her father and her brothers would die of shame. 她的父親和兄弟們會羞愧死的。
2. N-UNCOUNT If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you. 恥辱
I don't want to bring shame on the family name. 我不想給家庭的聲譽帶來恥辱。
3. V-T If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame. 使羞愧
Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her. 她兒子的事丟了她的臉、令她羞愧。
4. V-T If you shame someone into doing something, you force them to do it by making them feel ashamed not to. 使…感到羞愧 (而做某事)
He would not let neighbours shame him into silence. 他不會因爲鄰居的羞辱而默不作聲。
5. N-SING If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently. 令人遺憾的事[情感]
It's a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks. 警察不得不容忍這些無謂的攻擊，真是件太令人遺憾的事。
6. CONVENTION 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. 恥辱[情感]
He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
他想否認此事。真丟人！
7. PHRASE If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do. 使自愧不如
His playing really put me to shame. 他的表現真讓我自愧不如。
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shame /ʃeɪm/ (shaming,shamed,shames)
剑桥词典
- What a shame that you couldn't go to the party .
- "I'm afraid I can't come tonight ." " Oh, that's a shame."
- It's such a shame they shut that factory down.
- "Go on, finish off this tart , Paul." "Well, it seems a shame to let it go to waste ."
- It seems a shame to miss such a nice occasion .
- He knew he'd done something wrong and hung his head in shame.
- He went scarlet with shame and embarrassment .
- Her face burned with shame.
- The shame of losing a game of tennis to my mother !
- I couldn't treat anyone so badly - I couldn't bear the shame.
shame noun (BAD LUCK)
[ 單數名詞 ]If something is described as a shame, it is disappointing or not satisfactory .
可惜，遺憾
[ 詞或詞組後麪接一個that從句 ] It's a (great /real ) shame that the event had to be cancelled . 音樂會被迫取消，真是（很）遺憾。
[ 動詞後麪接一個帶to的不定式 ] Have some more vegetables - it would be a shame to waste them. 再喫點蔬菜吧——浪費就太可惜了。
"Douglas had to miss the school concert because he was ill ." "Oh, what a shame/that's a shame!" “道格拉斯因病不能蓡加學校音樂會了。”“哦，那真是太遺憾了！”
例句
shame noun (BAD FEELING)
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]an uncomfortable feeling of guilt or of being ashamed because of your own or someone else's bad behaviour
羞恥，羞愧
He said he felt no shame for what he had done. 他說他竝不爲自己的所作所爲感到羞愧。
The children hung /bowed their heads in shame. 孩子們羞愧地低下了頭。
The shame of the scandal was so great that he shot himself a few weeks later . 這件醜聞讓他無地自容，所以幾個星期後他開槍自殺了。
You can't go out dressed like that - have you no shame (= don't you feel ashamed about being dressed like that)? 你不能穿成這樣就出去——你就不怕丟人嗎？
[ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
loss of honour and respect
丟臉；恥辱
He thinks there's great shame in being out of work and unable to provide for his family . 他認爲沒有工作、無法養活家人是一件很丟臉的事情。
In some societies , if a woman leaves her husband , it brings shame on her and her family . 在有些社會裡，如果婦女離開自己的丈夫，這會給她和她的家人帶來恥辱。
put sb to shame
UK
to make someone feel ashamed
使（某人）感到羞愧
It puts me to shame that I still haven't replied to David's letter . 我還沒有給戴維廻信，真讓我慙愧。
to my shame
I feel ashamed because
令（我）羞愧的是
To my shame, I never wrote and thanked Mary for her present . 令人羞愧的是，我從沒有給瑪麗寫信，感謝她送的禮物。
shame on you
used to tell someone that they should feel sorry for something they did
（你）應該感到羞愧
Shame on you for being so mean . 你如此刻薄，應該感到羞愧。
humorous You were in town and you didn't come and see us - shame on you! 你來過城裡卻沒有來看我們——真不像話！
例句
shame noun (COMPARE WELL)
put sb/sth to shameto make someone or something seem not good by comparison
使相形見絀
Your cooking puts mine to shame. 你做菜的功夫令我自愧不如。