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shame
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shamed
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shaming
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- shame
[ʃeɪm]
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1.
noun
[u]
(embarrassment) 羞耻
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2.
noun
(disgrace) 耻辱
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3.
vt.
使感到羞耻
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it is a shame that...
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…真遗憾
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it would be a shame to waste this
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把这浪费掉太可惜了
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what a shame!
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太遗憾了!
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to put sb/sth to shame
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使某人/某事相形见绌
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it shamed him to admit...
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他羞愧地承认…
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to shame sb into sth/into doing sth
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使某人羞愧地做某事
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- shame
[ʃeɪm]
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1.
n.[u]
廉耻,羞愧
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2.
n.[u]
耻辱,不光彩
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One mistake brought shame to all his family.
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一次错误让他整个家庭蒙羞。
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3.
n.[c]
遗憾,憾事
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4.
vt.
使丢脸,使蒙羞
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5.
vt.
使因羞愧而做
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She shamed him into making amends.
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她使他出于羞愧而做出赔偿。
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6.
vt.
使感到羞愧
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7.
vt.
把……比下去,使相形见绌
Collins English-English Dictionary
- shame
[ʃeɪm]
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1.
n
a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of having done something dishonourable, unworthy, degrading, etc
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2.
n
capacity to feel such an emotion
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3.
n
ignominy or disgrace
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4.
n
a person or thing that causes this
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5.
n
an occasion for regret, disappointment, etc
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it's a shame you can't come with us
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6.
interj
[South African]
[Spoken]
an expression of sympathy
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7.
interj
an expression of pleasure or endearment
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8.
vt.
[tr]
to cause to feel shame
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9.
vt.
to bring shame on; disgrace
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10.
vt.
[often foll by into]
to compel through a sense of shame
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he shamed her into making an apology
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11.
vt.
See name
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12.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English scamu; related to Old Norse skömm, Old High German skama
Examples
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abyss of shame
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奇耻大辱
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a damned shame
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真可耻
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to bring shame to one's family
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给家庭丢脸
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Her goal was to shame him into doing a better job next time.
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她的目的是让他感到羞愧,这样他下次就能把工作做好点儿。
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He brought shame into his family when he was arrested last June.
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去年6月他被捕了,这让他的家人蒙羞。
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I'm afraid I can't go to Mia's party. - Oh, that's a shame.
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我恐怕不能参加米娅的聚会了。-噢,那太遗憾了。
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