Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense shames, present participle shaming, past tense, past participle shamed
1N-UNCOUNT 羞耻;羞愧;惭愧Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has. 羞耻;羞愧;惭愧
She felt a deep sense of shame.
她深感羞愧。
They feel shame and guilt as though it is their fault.
5VERB 使…感到羞愧(而不得不做…) 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(而不得不做…)
He would not let neighbours shame him into silence. [V n + into/out of]
邻居们试图想让他自感羞愧而从此闭口,他是不会乖乖就范的。
Museums have now been shamed out of selling the treasures from their collections. [V n into/out of n/-ing]
博物馆现在已经深感羞愧,不再变卖他们收藏的珍宝了。
6N-SING 令人惋惜的事;让人遗憾的事 If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently. 令人惋惜的事;让人遗憾的事 [feelings]
It's a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks.
警察得忍受这些无谓的攻击,真是太不像话了。
They did not have enough money to adopt a child. It was such a shame.
他们没有足够的钱去收养一个孩子,真让人惋惜。
7CONVENTION 真丢脸;真不害臊 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. 真丢脸;真不害臊 [feelings]
He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
他还想抵赖,真不害臊!
8PHRASE 使自惭形秽;使相形见绌;使自愧不如 If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do. 使自惭形秽;使相形见绌;使自愧不如
His playing really put me to shame.
他的表演真让我自惭形秽。
Quotations
It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of homeCharles DickensGreat Expectations
1feeling that you have lost the respect of others覺得不再受尊重ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHAME | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤deep深深的羞愧➤secret內心的羞愧◇This is the secret shame I have carried around for decades.這個不為人知的羞恥之事壓在我心中有好幾十年了。➤public當眾受辱◇He risked public shame and possible imprisonment.他冒着當眾受辱和身陷囹圄的危險。◇All she wanted was to escape so that she would not have to face this public shame.她只想逃得遠遠的,避免在眾人面前面對這樣的羞辱。➤national (especially BrE) 國恥◇It is a national shame that our prisons serve as mental institutions.監獄被當作精神病院,這是我們的國恥。VERB + SHAME➤be filled with, feel滿懷羞愧;感到慚愧▸➤bring, cause帶來恥辱;使羞愧◇His arrest for stealing brought shame on his family.他因偷盜被捕,令他的家人蒙羞。➤die of (figurative) 羞愧死了◇I nearly died of shame!我當時簡直羞愧得要死!PREPOSITION➤from shame因羞愧◇She wept from the shame of having let everyone down.她因使大家失望而羞愧地哭了起來。➤in shame羞愧地◇She shut her eyes in shame.她羞愧地閉上了眼。➤to your shame令某人羞愧的是◇To my shame, I didn't tell Robert about the party.令我不好意思的是,我沒告訴羅伯特聚會的事。◇To my everlasting shame, I failed her when she needed me most.在她最需要我的時候沒能幫她,這讓我一輩子羞愧難當。➤without shame毫不慚愧◇He had cried noisily and without shame at the news of Esther's death.得知埃絲特的死訊,他不顧面子地大聲哭了起來。➤with shame由於羞愧◇She blushed with shame.她羞得漲紅了臉。➤shame about, shame at因⋯羞愧◇She felt a flush of shame at what she'd said.她為自己說的話羞得臉都紅了。➤shame for為⋯感到羞愧◇Do you feel no shame for what you've done?你對自己的所作所為一點兒也不感到臉紅嗎?➤shame in在⋯方面丟臉◇There's no shame in making an honest living.過老實本分的生活不丟人。➤shame on因⋯而羞愧◇Shame on you for doubting me!你居然懷疑我,真不害臊!➤shame over因⋯感到羞愧◇You feel absolutely no shame over what you did, do you?你對你的所作所為一點兒也不感到臉紅,是嗎?PHRASES➤bow your head in shame, hang your head in shame羞愧地低下頭/垂下頭➤a feeling of shame, a sense of shame羞恥感◇He was being held by two security guards, his head bowed in shame.他被兩個保安架着,羞愧地低着頭。shame
noun²
2a shamesth that makes you feel disappointed令人失望的事ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤awful, great, real, terrible極其遺憾的事;極大的憾事;確實遺憾;令人不快的憾事▸➤crying, damn, damned (allinformal) 令人扼腕的遺憾;十足的憾事PREPOSITION➤shame about⋯的遺憾◇It's a terrible shame about Steve losing his job.史蒂夫丟了工作,真是太可惜了。PHRASES➤a bit of a shame, rather a shame, such a shame, what a shame有點兒遺憾;有些可惜;太可惜了;真遺憾◇What a shame you can't come!你來不了,太可惜了!shame
verb
ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤publicly當眾羞辱◇The people who did this all deserve to be publicly shamed.幹這種事的人都應該受到大家的唾棄。PREPOSITION➤into使因羞愧而⋯◇An outcry from customers has shamed the company into lowering its prices.顧客的抗議使公司感到理虧而不得不降了價。