| 词汇 | sheepishly |
| 释义 | sheepishly adverb uk /ˈʃiː.pɪʃ.li/ us /ˈʃiː.pɪʃ.li/ in a way that is embarrassed because you have done something wrong or silly: （因做错事或傻事而）窘迫地，不好意思地 He sheepishly admitted he hadn’t done his homework.他羞怯地承认自己没做功课。 The 35-year-old man grinned sheepishly when officers asked why he didn't have a licence. 当警察问他为什么没有驾照时，这名35岁的男子不好意思地笑了笑。 See sheepish He stared at the ground sheepishly, clearly out of his comfort zone. My waitress was sheepishly apologetic, and offered to fix the problem immediately. A spokesman sheepishly explained the reason for the company's abrupt change of heart. 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 sheepishlysheepishly Thirty-two years later he sheepishly admitted to me that he had been mistaken. Somewhat sheepishly he confessed that his research student must have tabled it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This tax is collected and calculated passively and sheepishly by the managers and handed over. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was not quite so popular later, when he sheepishly announced the compensation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 When the child returns, he or she may return unwillingly or sheepishly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But, again and again, the utilities say, rather sheepishly, that they cannot control their subcontractors and the subcontractors act entirely independent of those who are instructing them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He tells everyone sheepishly that they have set their wedding date. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Bret now sheepishly admits he doesn't know why. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Most of the footage he just stands around, rather sheepishly, in fact, while others shape the events. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. During the credits, he is in a park, sheepishly covering up with a tree branch. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. One can imagine the youngster engaging rather sheepishly with such a monster. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Stadanko sheepishly informs her that he will call the police. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. Frenkle sheepishly agrees to tone down his performance in the spirit of cooperation. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. 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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