| 词汇 | shamefaced |
| 释义 | shamefaced adjective uk /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst/ us /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst/ awkward and embarrassed or ashamed: 害羞的;惭愧的 He looked somewhat shamefaced when he realized his mistake.他认识到自己的错误后，看上去有些惭愧。 ashamed ashamedHe was ashamed that he had been caught stealing. embarrassedI was too embarrassed to admit I was wrong. abashedShe looked at the floor, abashed. shamefacedHe stood shamefaced at the door, looking at the vase he had just knocked to the ground. sheepishShe startled, then gave him a sheepish smile as she picked up her dropped papers. Ashamed and embarrassed abash abashed ashamed awkward awkwardly guiltily guiltiness hangdog have egg on your faceidiom humbling mortified mortify mortifying not know where to put yourselfidiom pride sheepishness silly smallness squirm swallow your prideidiom Related wordshamefacedly Examples of shamefacedshamefaced These practices and values appear as expressions of an independent and articulated identity-if still occasionally somewhat shamefaced-which would come close to 'autonomy'. Is there any reason why there should be this shamefaced secrecy about the identity of those who want to introduce sponsored television? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I feel rather shamefaced in having to put it like that and not being absolutely certain. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We will not put an end to them by shamefaced introspection. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English I belong to the small but shamefaced club whose members are people who have bought clocked cars. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In the whole course of his speeches today and yesterday he seemed to me to be both shamefaced and uncomfortable. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 At least they might be a little more shamefaced about it now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he not just a little shamefaced about that hypocrisy? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The shamefaced phrase, reluctantly dragged out of him, was that these figures "could be on the low side". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If they had any sensitivity, they would maintain a shamefaced silence. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was slightly shamefaced in the manner in which he made his points. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He looked rather shamefaced about the parentage, but those are the facts. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are rather shamefaced at having leisure and rather terrified of enjoying it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not feel a bit shamefaced about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For some curious reasons they are shamefaced about it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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