shame

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(huì)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(yù)帶來(lái)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(huì)因?yàn)猷従拥男呷瓒蛔髀暋?/p>

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(wú)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(rèn)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(xiàn)真讓我自愧不如。