shame
- IPA[ʃeɪm]
英式
- a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour；a loss of respect or esteem; dishonour
- make (someone) feel ashamed；bring shame to
- used to express sentimental pleasure, especially at something small and endearing
noun: shame, plural noun: shames
- 釋義
- 片語
名詞
- 1. a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour she was hot with shame he felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ a loss of respect or esteem; dishonour the incident had brought shame on his family 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ a person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honour ignorance of Latin would be a disgrace and a shame to any public man 同義詞 反義詞
- 2. a regrettable or unfortunate situation or action what a shame Ellie won't be here it is a shame that they are not better known 同義詞
動詞
- 1. make (someone) feel ashamed I tried to shame him into giving some away legal action must be taken and companies named and shamed 同義詞
- ▪ bring shame to the entire debacle has shamed Scotland
- ▪ cause (someone) to feel inadequate by outdoing or surpassing them she shames me with her eighty-year-old energy
excl
- 1. South African used to express sentimental pleasure, especially at something small and endearing look at the foals—shame, aren't they sweet?
