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BNC: 3668 COCA: 3767

shame

Word family 
shame1 /ʃeɪm/ ●●● S2 noun
1  it’s a shame/what a shame etc spokenPITY/IT'S A PITY used when you wish a situation was different, and you feel sad or disappointed 真遺憾，多可惜啊
‘She’s failed her test again.’ ‘What a shame!’
“她又沒通過測驗。”“真遺憾！”
It’s a shame that you have to leave so soon.
你這麽快就要走了，真遺憾。
What a shame we missed the wedding.
我們錯過了這場婚禮，太可惜了。
It's a shame about the weather.
天氣不好，真是遺憾。
it is a shame to do something
It’s a shame to cover this beautiful table with a tablecloth.
把這麽漂亮的桌子用桌布蓋起來真是可惜。
I can’t imagine why they canceled your show, Tracy. That’s such a shame.
我搞不懂他們爲什麽把你的演出取消了，特蕾西。多可惜啊。
a crying/great/terrible shame
It was a crying shame that they lost the game.
他們輸了這場比賽真是太可惜了。
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In written English, people usually say something is unfortunate rather than a shame: 在書面英語中,人們一般說unfortunate,而不說a shame
It’s unfortunate that these warnings were not taken seriously.
真遺憾,這些警告沒有得到重視。
Examples from the Corpus
What a shame• Perhaps that was why they were determined to attack now without further delay? What a shame it all is, even so!• You can't do it. What a shame.• Jauja! What a shame you've never been there.• Now this. What a shame.
2  [uncountableU]ASHAMED the feeling you have when you feel guilty and embarrassed because you, or someone who is close to you, have done something wrong 〔因自己或親近的人做錯事感到的〕羞愧，羞恥，慚愧
He felt a deep sense of shame.
他深深地感到羞愧。
Maria blushed with shame.
瑪麗亞羞得臉都紅了。
To her shame (=it made her feel ashamed), she gained back all the weight she’d lost.
讓她感到慚愧的是，她減掉的體重全又長回來了。
He’s brought shame on the whole family.
他使全家蒙羞。
hang/bow your head in shame (=look down, or feel like you should look down, because you feel so ashamed) 慚愧地低下頭
I bow my head in shame when I think of how I treated her.
想到我是如何對待她的，我就萬分羞愧。
There’s no shame in (=it should not make you feel ashamed) saying ‘I don’t know.’
說一句"我不知道”也沒什麽可難爲情的。
3  [uncountableU]ASHAMED the ability to feel shame 羞恥心，羞愧感
How could you do such a thing? Have you no shame?
你怎麽可以做這種事情？難道你沒有羞恥心嗎？
4  shame on you/him/them etc spokenASHAMED used to say that someone should feel guilty or embarrassed because of something they have done 你/他/他們等應該感到羞恥
Shame on you, Fred. I thought you were my friend!
弗雷德，你真不害臊。我還把你當朋友呢！
Examples from the Corpus
shame on you/him/them etc• If you fail to negotiate, shame on you.• Fool me once, shame on you, the saying goes.• And if you haven't heard of Gus then shame on you!
5  put somebody/something to shame BETTERto be so much better than someone or something else that it makes the other thing seem very bad or ordinary 使某人/某物黯然失色，使某人/某物相形見绌
His cooking puts mine to shame.
他的廚藝讓我自愧不如。
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put somebody/something to shame• The cruel truth is that some animals put some humans to shame.• The elegant way she was dressed put the rest of us to shame.• He puts us all to shame.• They scarcely left it for the next two weeks, their passion putting her dreams to shame.• Matt's gourmet dinner really put my cooking to shame.• He interviewed many of them, recording every detail with a care that put sighted journalists to shame.• He was immediately given some money which he took with the kind of abundant gratitude that puts the giver to shame.• Acapulco is a cosmopolitan city with a nightlife that puts Rio to shame.• They put the Instamatic to shame.
 THESAURUS
shame the feeling you have when you feel guilty and embarrassed because you, or someone who is close to you, have done something wrong 〔因自己或親近的人做錯事感到的〕羞愧,羞恥；慚愧
She never overcame the shame of having abandoned her children.
她無法克服抛棄自己的孩子所帶來的羞恥感。
nHe remembered his angry words with a deep sense of shame.
Following the scandal, Garrison resigned in shame.
醜聞發生後,加裏森愧而辭職。
humiliation a feeling of shame and embarrassment because you have been made to look weak or stupid in front of other people 〔因人前出醜而感到的〕羞辱,屈辱
What really upset me was the humiliation of having to ask her for money.
我不得不開口問她要錢,這種恥辱實在讓我懊惱。
He suffered the humiliation of defeat in the first round of the competition.
首輪比賽就失利,讓他蒙受了恥辱。
dishonour British EnglishBrE, dishonor American EnglishAmE formal the loss of other people’s respect because you have done something bad, or you have been unsuccessful 恥辱,丢臉
His comments have brought shame and dishonour on him and his profession.
他的話令自己顔面掃地,也給他的同行丢了臉。
There is no dishonour in failure when you have done everything you possibly can to succeed.
你已經竭盡所能,失敗了也不可恥。
stigma the feeling that other people in society disapprove of you because of something that has happened to you, or because you feel different from most other people in some way – used especially when this seems unfair and unreasonable 〔因不被認同或與衆不同而産生的〕羞恥感,恥辱
Even when someone has been found innocent of a crime, the stigma often remains.
一個人即使已被證明無罪,羞恥感也往往會一直持續下去。
At first I found the stigma of being unemployed very difficult to cope with.
起初,我覺得很難克服失業的恥辱。
nIn many countries there is still a strong social stigma attached to homosexuality.
great shame 極大的恥辱
disgrace a complete loss of people’s respect because you have done something very bad and shocking 丢盡臉面；不名譽
His actions brought disgrace on the family.
他的行爲給家人帶來了恥辱。
The players were sent home in disgrace after admitting taking drugs.
球員承認吸毒之後被不光彩地遣送回家。
nGarton killed himself because he could not bear the disgrace of being charged with corruption.
ignominy formal a feeling of great shame and embarrassment because you have been made to look weak or stupid – a very formal use 恥辱,丢臉〔爲極正式的用法〕
The team suffered the ignominy of losing five games in a row.
球隊蒙受奇恥大辱,連輸五場比賽。
She hoped to avoid the ignominy of having to appear in court.
她希望能避免不得已出庭的恥辱。
Examples from the Corpus
shame• That is why few people never swear, and it would be a shame if more were to join them.• It's a shame we can't vote for it.• It's a shame, son.• What a shame Gerry Britton collected the only booking for celebrating Jamieson's goal over-zealously.• Some girls feel that refusing their parents' choice of husband will bring shame on their family.• Most of all, there is caustic shame for my own stupidity.• He was in the House at the time, so he should hang his head in shame.• Following the scandal, Garrison resigned in shame.• The next day I remembered how drunk I'd been , and almost died of shame.• Voting through cuts in benefits to the poorest people is a matter of shame for all of us.• As he left the house, Mungo felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie.• She remembered her angry words with a deep sense of shame.• But the threat was also psychological: what fired their hatred, in some cases, was their sense of shame.• Too many women are taught to feel guilt or shame about sex.• She never overcame the shame of having abandoned her children.• "Please don't tell my dad about this, " he said, blushing with shame.
brought shame on• Their lawyer said they'd brought shame on the whole hunting world.• Mitigating, Howe's solicitor said he had suffered domestic problems and the incident had brought shame on his family.• You've brought shame on this family.
Have you no shame• But what a start in life for a lovely little girl. Have they no shame? - P. Davies, Ipswich.
shame2 verb [transitiveT]
1  ASHAMEDto make someone feel ashamed 使羞愧，使慚愧
It shames me to say it, but I lied.
說出來真難爲情，我撒謊了。
He felt shamed and humiliated by the treatment he had received.
他爲自己受到如此對待感到蒙受了恥辱。
2  shame somebody into doing something ASHAMEDEMBARRASSEDto force someone to do something by making them feel ashamed 使某人羞愧而不得不做某事
His wife shamed him into handing the money back.
他的妻子令他羞愧得只好把錢交回去。
Examples from the Corpus
shame somebody into doing something• His wife shamed him into handing the money back.
3  to be so much better than someone else that you make them seem bad or feel embarrassed 使黯然失色，使相形見绌
Their training record shamed other companies.
他們的培訓記錄使其他公司相形見绌。
4  to make someone feel they have lost all honour and respect 使蒙羞，使丢臉
She had shamed her family name (=done something that made her family lose honour).
她玷污了家族的名聲。
Examples from the Corpus
shame• This time she had to fight back or be utterly shamed.• I followed them in, shamed by the fearlessness of people half my height.• Because of this, the dogwood felt shamed deeply grieved that it should have been put to such a cruel purpose.• It shamed him and made him shrink inside his overcoat.• It shamed him to have to ask Jan for help.• Erlich remembered his face from the network news, bleak and uncompromising and shamed, when the announcement was made.
Origin shame1
Old English scamu
BNC: 3668 COCA: 3767
shame

noun¹

 1feeling that you have lost the respect of others覺得不再受尊重ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHAME | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤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

noun²

 2a shame sth that makes you feel disappointed令人失望的事ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤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 (all informal) 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

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤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。
BNC: 3668 COCA: 3767
shame noun
⇨ disgrace 2 (bring shame on your family) ⇨ guilt (hang your head in shame) ⇨ unfortunate adj. 2 (What a shame!)shame verb
⇨ embarrass
BNC: 3668 COCA: 3767
shame
Disappointments: disappointment, shame, blow...
Shame or embarrassment: shame, embarrassment, guilt...
To make someone feel ashamed or embarrassed: embarrass, humiliate, shame...
To harm someone's reputation: discredit, slander, taint...
To harm your own reputation: shame, dishonour, go down in someone's opinion...

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