Word familynounStigmariastigmatismstigmatiststigmatizationstigmatophiliastigmatophiliststigmastigmeadjectivestigmarianstigmaticstigmaticalstigmatiferousstigmatoseadverbstigmaticallyverbstigmatize
1[countableC usually singular, uncountableU]ASHAMED a strong feeling in society that being in a particular situation or having a particular illness is something to be ashamed of 耻辱,羞辱,见不得人的感觉
the stigma of alcoholism/mental illness etc
The stigma of alcoholism makes it difficult to treat.
酗酒的恶名令其很难治愈。
There is a social stigma attached to single parenthood.
stigma• The negative side of reputation is stigma.• They have all suffered grievously: shame, stigma and extremesocialexclusion.• In many countries there is still a strong social stigmaattached to homosexuality.• But if we attack the stigma against unsafe behavior, we might just do the same for that.• Even when someone has been found innocent of a crime, the stigma often remains.• At first I found the stigma of being unemployed very difficult to cope with.• Farmers still have the problem of overcoming the stigma which all too often young people attach to working on the land.• Pollen must be transferred by hand from one flower to the stigma of another flower on a separateplant.• The stigma may not result from associating her language with ignorance, but the unkindness is just as real.• I didn't want this stigma on you too.
stigma attached to• In Britain, more so than in other countries, sciencefiction has always had a stigma attached to it.• There's a stigma attached to the stay-at-homemum, as if she hasn't a brain between the ears!• There's no stigma attached to being half-cut on the streets.• There was a social stigma attached todiesel car ownership, too.• The social stigma attached toepilepsy 3.• As I've always been blonde I forget about the stigma attached to the colour.• It also riskedacquiring the stigma attached to the means-tested PoorLaw.• It's all the stigma attached to it and all the things that people have to do to obtain it.
Originstigma
(1500-1600)Latin“mark, mark burned on the skin”, from Greek, from stizein“to tattoo”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + STIGMA | STIGMA + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤social社會上的惡名VERB + STIGMA➤bear, carry承受/帶着恥辱◇Being an unmarried mother used to carry a social stigma.做未婚媽媽在社會上曾是一件不光彩的事。➤suffer, suffer from遭受恥辱◇He still suffered the stigma of having been rejected for the army.他仍然蒙受着參軍遭拒之辱。➤avoid避免恥辱➤overcome克服恥辱感◇She had to overcome the stigma attached to mental illness.她必須戰勝精神疾病給她帶來的恥辱感。➤reduce, remove減少/消除恥辱感◇Wider knowledge of the disease removed some of the stigma from it.對這種疾病更多的瞭解減少了一些恥辱感。STIGMA + VERB➤be associated with sth, be attached to sth, surround⋯被認為是恥辱◇There is still a lot of stigma attached to suicide.自殺仍然被看作一種很不光彩的事情。PREPOSITION➤stigma to⋯的恥辱◇There is no stigma to losing your job.失去工作不是什麼丟臉的事。