1feeling that you have lost the respect of others覺得不再受尊重ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHAME | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤deep深深的羞愧➤secret內心的羞愧◇This is the secret shame I have carried around for decades.這個不為人知的羞恥之事壓在我心中有好幾十年了。➤public當眾受辱◇He risked public shame and possible imprisonment.他冒着當眾受辱和身陷囹圄的危險。◇All she wanted was to escape so that she would not have to face this public shame.她只想逃得遠遠的,避免在眾人面前面對這樣的羞辱。➤national (especially BrE) 國恥◇It is a national shame that our prisons serve as mental institutions.監獄被當作精神病院,這是我們的國恥。VERB + SHAME➤be filled with, feel滿懷羞愧;感到慚愧▸➤bring, cause帶來恥辱;使羞愧◇His arrest for stealing brought shame on his family.他因偷盜被捕,令他的家人蒙羞。➤die of (figurative) 羞愧死了◇I nearly died of shame!我當時簡直羞愧得要死!PREPOSITION➤from shame因羞愧◇She wept from the shame of having let everyone down.她因使大家失望而羞愧地哭了起來。➤in shame羞愧地◇She shut her eyes in shame.她羞愧地閉上了眼。➤to your shame令某人羞愧的是◇To my shame, I didn't tell Robert about the party.令我不好意思的是,我沒告訴羅伯特聚會的事。◇To my everlasting shame, I failed her when she needed me most.在她最需要我的時候沒能幫她,這讓我一輩子羞愧難當。➤without shame毫不慚愧◇He had cried noisily and without shame at the news of Esther's death.得知埃絲特的死訊,他不顧面子地大聲哭了起來。➤with shame由於羞愧◇She blushed with shame.她羞得漲紅了臉。➤shame about, shame at因⋯羞愧◇She felt a flush of shame at what she'd said.她為自己說的話羞得臉都紅了。➤shame for為⋯感到羞愧◇Do you feel no shame for what you've done?你對自己的所作所為一點兒也不感到臉紅嗎?➤shame in在⋯方面丟臉◇There's no shame in making an honest living.過老實本分的生活不丟人。➤shame on因⋯而羞愧◇Shame on you for doubting me!你居然懷疑我,真不害臊!➤shame over因⋯感到羞愧◇You feel absolutely no shame over what you did, do you?你對你的所作所為一點兒也不感到臉紅,是嗎?PHRASES➤bow your head in shame, hang your head in shame羞愧地低下頭/垂下頭➤a feeling of shame, a sense of shame羞恥感◇He was being held by two security guards, his head bowed in shame.他被兩個保安架着,羞愧地低着頭。shame
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2a shamesth that makes you feel disappointed令人失望的事ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤awful, great, real, terrible極其遺憾的事;極大的憾事;確實遺憾;令人不快的憾事▸➤crying, damn, damned (allinformal) 令人扼腕的遺憾;十足的憾事PREPOSITION➤shame about⋯的遺憾◇It's a terrible shame about Steve losing his job.史蒂夫丟了工作,真是太可惜了。PHRASES➤a bit of a shame, rather a shame, such a shame, what a shame有點兒遺憾;有些可惜;太可惜了;真遺憾◇What a shame you can't come!你來不了,太可惜了!shame
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤publicly當眾羞辱◇The people who did this all deserve to be publicly shamed.幹這種事的人都應該受到大家的唾棄。PREPOSITION➤into使因羞愧而⋯◇An outcry from customers has shamed the company into lowering its prices.顧客的抗議使公司感到理虧而不得不降了價。