shame/ʃeɪm/

n

1. U 羞耻，惭愧

• She blushed with shame. 她羞愧得涨红了脸。

• He hanged his head for shame. 他羞愧得低下了头。

2. U 羞愧感

• Don't you have shame? 你难道没有廉耻心吗？

• She is completely without shame. 她简直是恬不知耻。

3. U 耻辱

• bring shame on sb. 使某人丢脸

4. 用作单 令人遗憾的事；令人难堪的事

• It's a shame that we didn't meet him. 没有见到他真是一件遗憾的事情。

• What a shame you lost the game. 真遗憾，你输了。

词组put to shame

1. 使蒙羞，使没面子

• His fault put himself to shame. 他的错误使他自己感到羞愧。

2. 使相形见绌

• His answer to this question put us to shame. 他对于问题的回答使我们都相形见绌。

• Shame on you! 真丢脸！你应该感到羞耻!