单词详解

1. n.

A. [U]羞耻（心），羞愧（感） [(+at)] (a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt)

I felt great shame at having failed the exam. 考试不及格，我感到极其羞愧。

B. [U] 羞辱，耻辱 [(+on)] (a state of dishonor)

One mistake brought shame to all his family. 这个错误给他全家带来羞辱。

Your bad behavior brings shame on the whole school. 你的恶劣行径给整个学校带来耻辱。

C. 憾事，倒霉的事，可耻的事或人 (an unfortunate development)

It’s a shame I haven’t heard from you for years. 真遗憾，我多年没有收到你的信了。

2. vt.

A. 使感到羞耻 [(+for)] (bring shame or dishonor upon)

She was shamed and lowed her head. 她羞愧地低下了头。

He was shamed by how much more work the others had done.

别人做得多得多，他感到很难为情。

B. 使感羞愧而…… [(+into/out of)] (compel through a sense of shame)

He was shamed into admitting his guilt. 他羞愧地承认犯了罪。

相关词组

1. put… to shame 使感到羞愧，使丢脸

  His son’s crime put the old man to shame. 这个老人因儿子犯罪而蒙受耻辱。

2. it is a shame to do sth. 很可耻做某事

  It is a shame to be so wasteful. 这样浪费真是太可耻了。

3. what a shame真遗憾

  What a shame that I failed to pass the exam. 我考试没过，真丢人！

相关单词

形容词：shameful 可耻的；shameless 不知羞耻的

过去式：shamed

过去分词：shamed

现在分词：shaming

第三人称单数：shames