| 词汇 | shamefacedly |
| 释义 | shamefacedly adverb uk /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst.li//ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪ.sɪd.li/ us /ˈʃeɪm.feɪst.li//ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪ.sɪd.li/ in a way that is awkward and embarrassed, or ashamed : 害羞地;惭愧地 He unlocked the doors, and regarded them rather shamefacedly. 他打开门锁，羞愧地看着他们。 He shamefacedly confessed he had invented the whole story.他羞愧地承认自己编造了整个故事。 See shamefaced He held the glass between his hands, staring shamefacedly down at it. "I'm ever the control freak," she mumbles shamefacedly. A little shamefacedly, Benedict laughed, his colour heightened. 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 Examples of shamefacedlyshamefacedly I fear that, shamefacedly though we may have to do it, the correct decision is for the west now to withdraw. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have seen the lovely fresh water of the streams transformed into sluggishly moving rivers, which go their way shamefacedly through the towns. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It does not mean, as the rate-capping campaign shamefacedly contends, that everybody will be hurt if the order goes through. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have to admit shamefacedly that that is exactly the situation that we have in this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seeps its way rather shamefacedly along by-ways through the town, until it comes out on the other side. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Why have they gone to ground so shamefacedly? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Certainly they exacerbate social divisions, for the stigma of admitting poverty, which, in our society, in effect, means admitting failure, makes people shamefacedly feel second-class citizens. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We always hesitate at the point when we are asked to participate in some new way forward, and then join belatedly, rather shamefacedly, dragging our feet at a late stage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Shamefacedly, we had to report to the management—simply because an official had said that according to his watch we had left our work two minutes before time. 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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