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BNC: 3668 COCA: 3767

shame

Word family 
shame1 /ʃeɪm/ ●●● S2 noun  
1  it’s a shame/what a shame etc spokenPITY/IT'S A PITY used when you wish a situation was different, and you feel sad or disappointed 真遗憾，多可惜啊
 ‘She’s failed her test again.’ ‘What a shame!’
“她又没通过测验。”“真遗憾！”
 It’s a shame that you have to leave so soon.
你这么快就要走了，真遗憾。
 What a shame we missed the wedding.
我们错过了这场婚礼，太可惜了。
 It's a shame about the weather.
天气不好，真是遗憾。
it is a shame to do something
 It’s a shame to cover this beautiful table with a tablecloth.
把这么漂亮的桌子用桌布盖起来真是可惜。
 I can’t imagine why they canceled your show, Tracy. That’s such a shame.
我搞不懂他们为什么把你的演出取消了，特蕾西。多可惜啊。
a crying/great/terrible shame
 It was a crying shame that they lost the game.
他们输了这场比赛真是太可惜了。
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In written English, people usually say something is unfortunate rather than a shame: 在书面英语中,人们一般说unfortunate,而不说a shame
It’s unfortunate that these warnings were not taken seriously.
真遗憾,这些警告没有得到重视。
Examples from the Corpus
What a shame• Perhaps that was why they were determined to attack now without further delay? What a shame it all is, even so!• You can't do it. What a shame.• Jauja! What a shame you've never been there.• Now this. What a shame.
2  [uncountableU]ASHAMED the feeling you have when you feel guilty and embarrassed because you, or someone who is close to you, have done something wrong 〔因自己或亲近的人做错事感到的〕羞愧，羞耻，惭愧
 He felt a deep sense of shame.
他深深地感到羞愧。
 Maria blushed with shame.
玛丽亚羞得脸都红了。
 To her shame (=it made her feel ashamed), she gained back all the weight she’d lost.
让她感到惭愧的是，她减掉的体重全又长回来了。
 He’s brought shame on the whole family.
他使全家蒙羞。
hang/bow your head in shame (=look down, or feel like you should look down, because you feel so ashamed) 惭愧地低下头
 I bow my head in shame when I think of how I treated her.
想到我是如何对待她的，我就万分羞愧。
 There’s no shame in (=it should not make you feel ashamed) saying ‘I don’t know.’
说一句"我不知道”也没什么可难为情的。
3  [uncountableU]ASHAMED the ability to feel shame 羞耻心，羞愧感
 How could you do such a thing? Have you no shame?
你怎么可以做这种事情？难道你没有羞耻心吗？
4  shame on you/him/them etc spokenASHAMED used to say that someone should feel guilty or embarrassed because of something they have done 你/他/他们等应该感到羞耻
 Shame on you, Fred. I thought you were my friend!
弗雷德，你真不害臊。我还把你当朋友呢！
Examples from the Corpus
shame on you/him/them etc• If you fail to negotiate, shame on you.• Fool me once, shame on you, the saying goes.• And if you haven't heard of Gus then shame on you!
5  put somebody/something to shame BETTERto be so much better than someone or something else that it makes the other thing seem very bad or ordinary 使某人/某物黯然失色，使某人/某物相形见绌
 His cooking puts mine to shame.
他的厨艺让我自愧不如。
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put somebody/something to shame• The cruel truth is that some animals put some humans to shame.• The elegant way she was dressed put the rest of us to shame.• He puts us all to shame.• They scarcely left it for the next two weeks, their passion putting her dreams to shame.• Matt's gourmet dinner really put my cooking to shame.• He interviewed many of them, recording every detail with a care that put sighted journalists to shame.• He was immediately given some money which he took with the kind of abundant gratitude that puts the giver to shame.• Acapulco is a cosmopolitan city with a nightlife that puts Rio to shame.• They put the Instamatic to shame.
 THESAURUS
shame the feeling you have when you feel guilty and embarrassed because you, or someone who is close to you, have done something wrong 〔因自己或亲近的人做错事感到的〕羞愧,羞耻；惭愧
She never overcame the shame of having abandoned her children.
她无法克服抛弃自己的孩子所带来的羞耻感。
nHe remembered his angry words with a deep sense of shame.
Following the scandal, Garrison resigned in shame.
丑闻发生后,加里森愧而辞职。
humiliation a feeling of shame and embarrassment because you have been made to look weak or stupid in front of other people 〔因人前出丑而感到的〕羞辱,屈辱
What really upset me was the humiliation of having to ask her for money.
我不得不开口问她要钱,这种耻辱实在让我懊恼。
He suffered the humiliation of defeat in the first round of the competition.
首轮比赛就失利,让他蒙受了耻辱。
dishonour British EnglishBrE, dishonor American EnglishAmE formal the loss of other people’s respect because you have done something bad, or you have been unsuccessful 耻辱,丢脸
His comments have brought shame and dishonour on him and his profession.
他的话令自己颜面扫地,也给他的同行丢了脸。
There is no dishonour in failure when you have done everything you possibly can to succeed.
你已经竭尽所能,失败了也不可耻。
stigma the feeling that other people in society disapprove of you because of something that has happened to you, or because you feel different from most other people in some way – used especially when this seems unfair and unreasonable 〔因不被认同或与众不同而产生的〕羞耻感,耻辱
Even when someone has been found innocent of a crime, the stigma often remains.
一个人即使已被证明无罪,羞耻感也往往会一直持续下去。
At first I found the stigma of being unemployed very difficult to cope with.
起初,我觉得很难克服失业的耻辱。
nIn many countries there is still a strong social stigma attached to homosexuality.
great shame 极大的耻辱
disgrace a complete loss of people’s respect because you have done something very bad and shocking 丢尽脸面；不名誉
His actions brought disgrace on the family.
他的行为给家人带来了耻辱。
The players were sent home in disgrace after admitting taking drugs.
球员承认吸毒之后被不光彩地遣送回家。
nGarton killed himself because he could not bear the disgrace of being charged with corruption.
ignominy formal a feeling of great shame and embarrassment because you have been made to look weak or stupid – a very formal use 耻辱,丢脸〔为极正式的用法〕
The team suffered the ignominy of losing five games in a row.
球队蒙受奇耻大辱,连输五场比赛。
She hoped to avoid the ignominy of having to appear in court.
她希望能避免不得已出庭的耻辱。
Examples from the Corpus
shame• That is why few people never swear, and it would be a shame if more were to join them.• It's a shame we can't vote for it.• It's a shame, son.• What a shame Gerry Britton collected the only booking for celebrating Jamieson's goal over-zealously.• Some girls feel that refusing their parents' choice of husband will bring shame on their family.• Most of all, there is caustic shame for my own stupidity.• He was in the House at the time, so he should hang his head in shame.• Following the scandal, Garrison resigned in shame.• The next day I remembered how drunk I'd been , and almost died of shame.• Voting through cuts in benefits to the poorest people is a matter of shame for all of us.• As he left the house, Mungo felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie.• She remembered her angry words with a deep sense of shame.• But the threat was also psychological: what fired their hatred, in some cases, was their sense of shame.• Too many women are taught to feel guilt or shame about sex.• She never overcame the shame of having abandoned her children.• "Please don't tell my dad about this, " he said, blushing with shame.
brought shame on• Their lawyer said they'd brought shame on the whole hunting world.• Mitigating, Howe's solicitor said he had suffered domestic problems and the incident had brought shame on his family.• You've brought shame on this family.
Have you no shame• But what a start in life for a lovely little girl. Have they no shame? - P. Davies, Ipswich.
shame2 verb [transitiveT]  
1  ASHAMEDto make someone feel ashamed 使羞愧，使惭愧
 It shames me to say it, but I lied.
说出来真难为情，我撒谎了。
 He felt shamed and humiliated by the treatment he had received.
他为自己受到如此对待感到蒙受了耻辱。
2  shame somebody into doing something ASHAMEDEMBARRASSEDto force someone to do something by making them feel ashamed 使某人羞愧而不得不做某事
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shame somebody into doing something• His wife shamed him into handing the money back.
3  to be so much better than someone else that you make them seem bad or feel embarrassed 使黯然失色，使相形见绌
4  to make someone feel they have lost all honour and respect 使蒙羞，使丢脸
Examples from the Corpus
shame• This time she had to fight back or be utterly shamed.• I followed them in, shamed by the fearlessness of people half my height.• Because of this, the dogwood felt shamed deeply grieved that it should have been put to such a cruel purpose.• It shamed him and made him shrink inside his overcoat.• It shamed him to have to ask Jan for help.• Erlich remembered his face from the network news, bleak and uncompromising and shamed, when the announcement was made.
Origin shame1
Old English scamu
shame1 noun →REGISTER1 →THESAURUS1shame2 verb
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BNC: 3668 COCA: 3767
shame

noun¹

 1feeling that you have lost the respect of others覺得不再受尊重ADJECTIVE | VERB + SHAME | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤deep深深的羞愧➤secret內心的羞愧◇This is the secret shame I have carried around for decades.這個不為人知的羞恥之事壓在我心中有好幾十年了。➤public當眾受辱◇He risked public shame and possible imprisonment.他冒着當眾受辱和身陷囹圄的危險。◇All she wanted was to escape so that she would not have to face this public shame.她只想逃得遠遠的，避免在眾人面前面對這樣的羞辱。➤national (especially BrE) 國恥◇It is a national shame that our prisons serve as mental institutions.監獄被當作精神病院，這是我們的國恥。VERB + SHAME➤be filled with, feel滿懷羞愧；感到慚愧▸➤bring, cause帶來恥辱；使羞愧◇His arrest for stealing brought shame on his family.他因偷盜被捕，令他的家人蒙羞。➤die of (figurative) 羞愧死了◇I nearly died of shame!我當時簡直羞愧得要死！PREPOSITION➤from shame因羞愧◇She wept from the shame of having let everyone down.她因使大家失望而羞愧地哭了起來。➤in shame羞愧地◇She shut her eyes in shame.她羞愧地閉上了眼。➤to your shame令某人羞愧的是◇To my shame, I didn't tell Robert about the party.令我不好意思的是，我沒告訴羅伯特聚會的事。◇To my everlasting shame, I failed her when she needed me most.在她最需要我的時候沒能幫她，這讓我一輩子羞愧難當。➤without shame毫不慚愧◇He had cried noisily and without shame at the news of Esther's death.得知埃絲特的死訊，他不顧面子地大聲哭了起來。➤with shame由於羞愧◇She blushed with shame.她羞得漲紅了臉。➤shame about, shame at因⋯羞愧◇She felt a flush of shame at what she'd said.她為自己說的話羞得臉都紅了。➤shame for為⋯感到羞愧◇Do you feel no shame for what you've done?你對自己的所作所為一點兒也不感到臉紅嗎？➤shame in在⋯方面丟臉◇There's no shame in making an honest living.過老實本分的生活不丟人。➤shame on因⋯而羞愧◇Shame on you for doubting me!你居然懷疑我，真不害臊！➤shame over因⋯感到羞愧◇You feel absolutely no shame over what you did, do you?你對你的所作所為一點兒也不感到臉紅，是嗎？PHRASES➤bow your head in shame, hang your head in shame羞愧地低下頭／垂下頭➤a feeling of shame, a sense of shame羞恥感◇He was being held by two security guards, his head bowed in shame.他被兩個保安架着，羞愧地低着頭。
shame

noun²

 2a shame sth that makes you feel disappointed令人失望的事ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION | PHRASES ADJECTIVE➤awful, great, real, terrible極其遺憾的事；極大的憾事；確實遺憾；令人不快的憾事▸➤crying, damn, damned (all informal) 令人扼腕的遺憾；十足的憾事PREPOSITION➤shame about⋯的遺憾◇It's a terrible shame about Steve losing his job.史蒂夫丟了工作，真是太可惜了。PHRASES➤a bit of a shame, rather a shame, such a shame, what a shame有點兒遺憾；有些可惜；太可惜了；真遺憾◇What a shame you can't come!你來不了，太可惜了！
shame

verb

ADVERB | PREPOSITION ADVERB➤publicly當眾羞辱◇The people who did this all deserve to be publicly shamed.幹這種事的人都應該受到大家的唾棄。PREPOSITION➤into使因羞愧而⋯◇An outcry from customers has shamed the company into lowering its prices.顧客的抗議使公司感到理虧而不得不降了價。
BNC: 3668 COCA: 3767
shame noun
⇨ disgrace 2 (bring shame on your family) ⇨ guilt (hang your head in shame) ⇨ unfortunate adj. 2 (What a shame!)shame verb
⇨ embarrass
BNC: 3668 COCA: 3767
shame
Disappointments: disappointment, shame, blow...
Shame or embarrassment: shame, embarrassment, guilt...
To make someone feel ashamed or embarrassed: embarrass, humiliate, shame...
To harm someone's reputation: discredit, slander, taint...
To harm your own reputation: shame, dishonour, go down in someone's opinion...

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