| 词汇 | shame |
| 释义 | shame noun uk /ʃeɪm/ us /ʃeɪm/ shamenoun (BAD LUCK)A2[ S ] If something is described as a shame, it is disappointing or not satisfactory: 可惜，遗憾 [ + that ]It's a (great/real) shame that the event had to be cancelled.音乐会被迫取消，真是（很）遗憾。 [ + to infinitive ]Have some more vegetables - it would be a shame to waste them.再吃点蔬菜吧——浪费就太可惜了。 "Douglas had to miss the school concert because he was ill." "Oh, what a shame/that'sa shame!"“道格拉斯因病不能参加学校音乐会了。”“哦，那真是太遗憾了！” What a shame that you couldn't go to the party.你不能去参加聚会，太遗憾了。 "I'm afraid I can't come tonight." " Oh, that's a shame." It's such a shame they shut that factory down.真可惜，他们关闭了那家工厂。 "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. Good luck and bad luck align bad/hard/tough luck!idiom be bad luck on someoneidiom be down on your luckidiom be in/out of luckidiom fortune cookie fortune smiles on someoneidiom get the short end of the stickidiom godsend grace merciful mercifully mercy miracle misadventure streak unlucky voodoo with any luckidiom your luck's in!idiom shamenoun (BAD FEELING)C1[ U ] an uncomfortable feeling of guilt or of being ashamed because of your own or someone else's bad behaviour: 羞耻，羞愧 He said he felt no shame for what he had done.他说他并不为自己的所作所为感到羞愧。 hang/bow your head in shameThe children hung/bowed their heads in shame.孩子们羞愧地低下了头。 shame ofThe shame of the scandal was so great that he shot himself a few weeks later.这件丑闻让他无地自容，所以几个星期后他开枪自杀了。 have no shameYou can't go out dressed like that - have you no shame (= don't you feel ashamed about being dressed like that)?你不能穿成这样就出去——你就不怕丢人吗？ [ U ] loss of honour and respect: 丢脸;耻辱 He thinks there's great shame in being out of work and unable to provide for his family.他认为没有工作、无法养活家人是一件很丢脸的事情。 bring shame onIn some societies, if a woman leaves her husband, it brings shame on her and her family.在有些社会里，如果妇女离开自己的丈夫，这会给她和她的家人带来耻辱。 put someone 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.我还没有给戴维回信，真让我惭愧。 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，我从没有给玛丽写信，感谢她送的礼物。 shame on you used to tell someone that they should feel sorry for something they did: （你）应该感到羞愧 shame on you forShame on you for being so mean.你如此刻薄，应该感到羞愧。 He knew he'd done something wrong and hung his head in shame.他知道自己做错了事，于是羞愧地低下了头。 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. Sadness and regret aw be/weigh on your conscienceidiom bitter black dog breastbeating cry doom and gloom feel badidiom gloominess glumness groan guilt prick prick someone's conscienceidiom regretful regretfully remorse repentant wrench wretchedness You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Humiliating and degrading shamenoun (COMPARE WELL)put someone/something to shame to make someone or something seem not good by comparison: 使相形见绌 Your cooking puts mine to shame.你做菜的功夫令我自愧不如。 Idiomdie of shame shame verb[ T ] uk /ʃeɪm/ us /ʃeɪm/ shameverb[T] (BAD FEELING)to make someone feel ashamed, or to make someone or something lose honour and respect: 使感到羞愧;使丢脸;羞辱 It shames me that I treated her so badly.我对她这么不好，真是令我羞愧。 The behaviour of a few children has shamed the whole school.少数学生的行为使整个学校都蒙受耻辱。 to publicly criticize and draw attention to something someone has done, especially on the internet: （尤指在网上）公开批评，表示谴责 A girl has shamed her library for saying she couldn't take part in a "boys only" robotics course.因为女孩去的图书馆说机器人设计课程“只允许男孩参加”，她在网上发表了对他们的批评。 shame someone into/out of something to cause someone to do or not to do something by making them feel ashamed: 使（某人）感到羞愧而做／不做… [ + -ing verb ]The city council was shamed into taking action after criticism in the national and local media.在遭到全国和地方媒体批评之后，市政局在羞愧之下采取了行动。 Humiliating and degrading abase abasement be under a cloudidiom bring/take someone down a peg (or two)idiom bruise someone's egoidiom disgraced dishonour dishonourable dishonourably doghouse ignoble ignobly ignominious ignominiously ignominy shamefulness shoddily shoddiness shoddy stoop You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Chastising & rebuking shameverb[T] (COMPARE WELL)to be so much better than something else that the other thing seems of a low standard by comparison: 使相形见绌 The school's exam results shame those of the other schools in the area.该校的考试成绩使这个地区的其他学校都相形见绌。 Surpassing in quality or number catch catch (someone) up compare crown crush do something for an encoreidiom eclipse encore outcompete outdo outflank outgo outman push the envelopeidiom put/leave someone in the shadeidiom shade steal steal a march on someoneidiom steal someone's thunderidiom surpass shame exclamation mainly UKuk /ʃeɪm/ us /ʃeɪm/ used to express disapproval of something that a public speaker is saying: （用于表示不赞同演讲者所说的话）可耻 To cries of "Shame!", the minister announced that taxes were being increased.在一片“可耻”的指责声中，部长宣布加税。 Linguistics: interjections aiyo attaboy attagirl auf Wiedersehen aw shucks doctor eat your heart outidiom figure guess lordy marry mazel tov more more power to your elbow!idiom roll yoicks yoink you know something?idiom you should have seen/heard something/someoneidiom you the man!idiom shame | American Dictionaryshame noun[ U ] us/ʃeɪm/ shamenoun[U] (GUILT)an uncomfortable feeling of guilt or of being ashamed because of your own or someone else’s bad behavior: He pointed out that society needed to restore a sense of shame about certain things. shamenoun[U] (MISFORTUNE)an unlucky or disappointing situation: What a shame that they left just before we arrived. [ + to infinitive ]Have some more vegetables – it would be a shame to waste them. Idiomshame on you shame verb[ T ] us/ʃeɪm/ to make someone feel guilty or ashamed: My aunt told us that in her day women who weren’t married by the age of 25 were considered "old maids" and were so shamed by their families that they would do anything to get married. Examples of shameshame People across the world opened their hearts and opened their purses, shaming governments into matching the monies their peoples had given. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English The thing that has been most distressing has been the virtual 'naming and shaming' of vegetables and then declaring them not guilty. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We must determine who was responsible and these people must be named and shamed. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English He used the extremely efficient method of naming and shaming, and quite rightly so. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are afraid of having a 'witch-hunt' when naming and shaming is carried out. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Schools were often ranked but never thanked; frequently named and shamed, but rarely sustained and supported. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If we do not take that on board, understand it, and be shamed by it, we shall get nowhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The fact that 3,500 people died last year from drug overdoses shames us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 By using media coverage, they shamed water companies into reducing the number of disconnections. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To do that in pursuit of savings which, in terms of global expenditure, are puny, shames us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have made those remarks publicly several times this week, so has she been shamed into changing the batting order? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One or two firms will be named and shamed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any incident in which somebody is attacked in public and not helped, shames us all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Their poverty is demeaning to them and shaming to us all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I submit it is shaming that it still does here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of shame These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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