shame
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ʃeɪm]
- 美式音标 [ʃeɪm]
- 国际音标 [ʃeim]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 羞耻，羞愧；憾事，带来耻辱的人
- vt. 使丢脸，使羞愧
- n. (Shame)人名；(科特)沙梅
词源解说
- 直接源自古英语的sceamu，意为觉得有罪或耻辱；最初源自原始日耳曼语的skamo，意为掩饰。
同根派生
- adj性质的同根词
- shameful：可耻的；不体面的；不道德的；猥亵的。
- shameless：无耻的；不要脸的；伤风败俗的。
- adv性质的同根词
- shamelessly：不知羞耻地；厚着脸皮地。
- shamefacedly：羞愧地；羞怯地；谦卑地。
- shamefully：可耻地；不体面地。
- n性质的同根词
- shamefulness：可耻。
用法辨析
- shame的基本意思是“羞愧,羞耻”,多指由私通、私生、血统低下、与罪犯有牵连、犯罪等原因带来的耻辱或坏名声,是不可数名词。表示“可耻的人、事或物”“遗憾的事,可惜”时,是单数名词,常跟不定冠词a连用。
- shame表示“羞愧感,羞耻之心”时,一般用于疑问句或否定句中。
- shame的基本意思一是“使蒙受羞耻”,二是“使感到羞愧”,引申为“使相形见绌”,是及物动词,接名词、代词作宾语,可用于被动结构。
- 当以动词不定式或that从句作主语时, shame常用于it作形式主语的结构中。
n. (名词)
v. (动词)
英汉例句
- To my shame,I never thanked him for his kindness.
我感到惭愧的是对他的好意我从未表示过感谢。 - You've shamed your family.
你给你们家丢脸了。 - It shames me to say it, but I told a lie.
说出来使我羞愧,但我确实撒谎了。 - It's quite shaming that our society cares so little for the poor.
我们这个社会对穷人毫不关心是很难堪的事。
用作名词 (n.)
用作动词 (v.)
用作及物动词: S+～+ n./pron.
It ～s n./pron. +to- v
其他
词组短语
- add another shame to a shame 耻上加耻
- bear shame 忍辱
- bring shame 带来耻辱
- cause shame 带来耻辱
- cry shame on 说…应自觉惭愧,责备,非难
用作名词 (n.)
动词+～
英英字典
- (BAD LUCK) If something is described as a shame, it is disappointing or not satisfactory.
- (BAD FEELING) an uncomfortable feeling of guilt or of being ashamed because of your own or someone else's bad behaviour
- (COMPARE WELL) to make someone or something seem not good by comparison
- (BAD FEELING) to make someone feel ashamed, or to make someone or something lose honour and respect
- (COMPARE WELL) to be so much better than something else that the other thing seems of a low standard by comparison
- used to express disapproval of something that a public speaker is saying
- Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has.
- If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you.
- If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame.
- If you shame someone into doing something, you force them to do it by making them feel ashamed not to.
- If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently.
- You can use shame in expressions such as shame on you and shame on him to indicate that someone ought to feel shame for something they have said or done.
- If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do.
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专业释义
- 羞耻感
Both social self and general academic self can predict the level of adolescents’ shame,and social self has larger predictive power.
社会自我和一般学业自我能有效预测羞耻感水平,社会自我对羞耻感的预测力较好。 - 羞耻