- 词义辨析
shame, disgrace
这两个词都含有“使羞耻、羞愧”“使丢脸”的意思。它们的区别是：disgrace强调的是失去他人的看重或受到冷遇即失宠; 而shame强调罪恶带来的羞愧。shame的语气较disgrace强烈。例如:He disgraced himself last night by drinking too much.他昨晚喝酒太多出了丑。The presidentu0027s former adviser is now in disgrace.总统的前顾问现已失宠。
disgrace，humiliate，shame，dishonour
这些动词都含“使丢脸、使受耻辱”之意。disgrace侧重在别人，尤其在众人面前丢脸。humiliate强调受辱者自尊心的损坏。shame指由不光彩或不道德的行为引起的惭愧感或羞耻感。dishonour有时可与disgrace换用，但前者是指因失去荣誉所致。
shame，disgrace，embarrassment，dishonour
这些名词都含“丢脸，羞愧”之意。shame多指因非法婚烟、私生、卖国或犯法等而丢失脸面或败坏名声，使他人认为“丢脸”、“可耻”。disgrace常指失去他人的尊敬和称赞而使自己感受到的丢脸、耻辱。embarrassment多指在社交活动中所遇到的尴尬事。dishonour指失去原来享有的光荣或自尊和自重。
- 双语例句
It would be a crying shame (= a great shame) not to take them up on the offer.
要是不接受他们的提议，将来后悔都来不及。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
He could not live with the shame of other people knowing the truth.
别人知道了事情的真相，他羞得无地自容。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
To my shame (= I feel shame that) I refused to listen to her side of the story.
使我感到惭愧的是，我拒绝听她对事情的解释。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
They did not have enough money to adopt a child. It was such a shame.
他们没有足够的钱去收养一个孩子，真让人惋惜。
柯林斯词典例句库
It's a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks...
警察得忍受这些无谓的攻击，真是太不像话了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
Museums have now been shamed out of selling the treasures from their collections.
博物馆现在已经深感羞愧，不再变卖他们收藏的珍宝了。
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He committed suicide rather than face the shame of being linked to the scandal.
他选择了自杀,不愿面对牵扯进这桩丑闻所带来的耻辱。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 相关短语
- a dirty shame一种非常不幸[遗憾， 可悲]的事情;
- shame on you你太无耻;
- What a shame真遗憾;
- shame on可耻;
