shame
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has. 羞耻; 羞愧
She felt a deep sense of shame. 她深感羞耻。
Her father and her brothers would die of shame. 她的父亲和兄弟们会羞愧死的。
2. N-UNCOUNT If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you. 耻辱
I don't want to bring shame on the family name. 我不想给家庭的声誉带来耻辱。
3. V-T If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame. 使羞愧
Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her. 她儿子的事丢了她的脸、令她羞愧。
4. V-T If you shame someone into doing something, you force them to do it by making them feel ashamed not to. 使…感到羞愧 (而做某事)
He would not let neighbours shame him into silence. 他不会因为邻居的羞辱而默不作声。
5. N-SING If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently. 令人遗憾的事[情感]
It's a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks. 警察不得不容忍这些无谓的攻击，真是件太令人遗憾的事。
6. CONVENTION You can use shame in expressions such as shame on you and shame on him to indicate that someone ought to feel shame for something they have said or done. 耻辱[情感]
He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
他想否认此事。真丢人！
7. PHRASE If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do. 使自愧不如
His playing really put me to shame. 他的表现真让我自愧不如。
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shame /ʃeɪm/ (shaming,shamed,shames)
剑桥词典
- What a shame that you couldn't go to the party .
- "I'm afraid I can't come tonight ." " Oh, that's a shame."
- It's such a shame they shut that factory down.
- "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 .
- He knew he'd done something wrong and hung his head in shame.
- 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.
shame noun (BAD LUCK)
[ 单数名词 ]If something is described as a shame, it is disappointing or not satisfactory .
可惜，遗憾
[ 词或词组后面接一个that从句 ] 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。
[ 动词后面接一个带to的不定式 ] 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's a 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！”
例句
shame noun (BAD FEELING)
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]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。
The children hung /bowed their heads in shame. 孩子们羞愧地低下了头。
The 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。
You 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？
[ 不可数或单数名词：没有复数形式的名词 ]
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。
In 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 sb 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 for being so mean . 你如此刻薄，应该感到羞愧。
humorous You were in town and you didn't come and see us - shame on you! 你来过城里却没有来看我们——真不像话！
例句
shame noun (COMPARE WELL)
put sb/sth to shameto 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。