n.羞愧;耻辱;可耻的人或物
vt.使丢脸;使羞愧;使蒙羞
He had no sense of shame and never felt guilty. 他毫无羞耻之心,而且从不觉得内疚。
He saved the child at the risk of his own life and put all those who looked on to shame. 他冒着生命危险救了那个孩子,使所有旁观者都相形见绌。
Your bad behavior brings shame on the whole school. 你的恶劣行径给整个学校带来耻辱。
It is a shame to take money from those who can't afford it. 拿别人的钱使人家无以自立是十分可耻的。
用作及物动词 (vt.)He was shamed by how much more work the others had done. 别人做得多得多,他感到很难为情。
Her careful work put all the rest to shame. 她的细致工作使得其余所有的人都自愧不如。
Such an act of cowardice by an officer shames his whole regiment. 一个军官作出如此胆怯的行为使整个团都蒙受羞辱。
shame的基本意思是“羞愧,羞耻”,多指由私通、私生、血统低下、与罪犯有牵连、犯罪等原因带来的耻辱或坏名声,是不可数名词。表示“可耻的人、事或物”“遗憾的事,可惜”时,是单数名词,常跟不定冠词a连用。
shame表示“羞愧感,羞耻之心”时,一般用于疑问句或否定句中。
v.(动词)shame的基本意思一是“使蒙受羞耻”,二是“使感到羞愧”,引申为“使相形见绌”,是及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
当以动词不定式或that从句作主语时, shame常用于it作形式主语的结构中。
adj.感到惭愧的;感到害臊的
adj.不羞耻的;厚脸无耻的;无愧的;坦然的
adv.害羞地