shame是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 If something is described as a shame, it is disappointing or not satisfactory. -- 可惜，遺憾

  • [ + that ] It's a (great/real) shame that the event had to be cancelled. 音樂會被迫取消，真是（很）遺憾。

  • [ + to infinitive ] Have some more vegetables - it would be a shame to waste them. 多吃點蔬菜吧——浪費就太可惜了。

  • "Douglas had to miss the school concert because he was ill." "Oh, what a shame/that's a shame!" 「道格拉斯因病不能參加學校音樂會了。」「哦，那真是太遺憾了！」

• 1 an uncomfortable feeling of guilt or of being ashamed because of your own or someone else's bad behaviour -- 羞恥，羞愧

  • He said he felt no shame for what he had done. 他說他並不爲自己的所作所爲感到羞愧。

  • The children hung/bowed their heads in shame. 孩子們羞愧地低下了頭。

  • The shame of the scandal was so great that he shot himself a few weeks later. 這件醜聞讓他無地自容，所以幾個星期後他開槍自殺了。

  • You can't go out dressed like that - have you no shame (= don't you feel ashamed about being dressed like that)? 你不能穿成這樣就出去——你難道不怕丟人嗎？

  • He thinks there's great shame in being out of work and unable to provide for his family. 他認爲沒有工作、無法養活家人是一件很丟臉的事情。

  • In some societies, if a woman leaves her husband, it brings shame on her and her family. 在有些社會裡，如果婦女離開自己的丈夫，這會給她和她的家人帶來恥辱。

  • It puts me to shame that I still haven't replied to David's letter. 我還沒有給大衛回信，真讓我慚愧。

  • To my shame, I never wrote and thanked Mary for her present. 令人羞愧的是，我從沒有給瑪麗寫信，感謝她送的禮物。

  • Shame on you for being so mean. 你如此刻薄，真該感到羞愧。

  • humorous You were in town and you didn't come and see us - shame on you! 你來過城裡卻沒有來看我們——真不像話！

• 2 to make someone or something seem not good by comparison -- 使相形見絀

  • Your cooking puts mine to shame. 你做菜的功夫令我自慚形愧。

• 3 to make someone feel ashamed, or to make someone or something lose honour and respect -- 使感到羞愧；使丟臉；羞辱

  • It shames me that I treated her so badly. 我對她這麽壞，真是令我羞愧。

  • The behaviour of a few children has shamed the whole school. 少數學生的行爲使整個學校都蒙受恥辱。

  • [ + -ing verb ] The city council was shamed into taking action after criticism in the national and local media. 在遭到全國和地方媒體批評之後，市政局在羞愧之下採取了行動。

• 4 to be so much better than something else that the other thing seems of a low standard by comparison -- 使相形見絀

  • The school's exam results shame those of the other schools in the area. 該校的考試成績使這個地區的其他學校都相形見絀。

• 5 used to express disapproval of something that a public speaker is saying -- （用於表示不贊同演講者所說的話）可恥

  • To cries of "Shame!", the minister announced that taxes were being increased. 在一片「可恥」的指責聲中，部長宣佈加稅。