humiliate

Word family

hu·mil·i·ate /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ verb [transitiveT]

ASHAMEDto make someone feel ashamed or stupid, especially when other people are present 使蒙羞，羞辱 SYN embarrass

Her boss humiliated her in front of all her colleagues.

她的老板在所有同事面前羞辱了她。

—humiliated adjectiveadj

I’ve never felt so humiliated in all my life.

我这辈子从未感到过如此丢人。

Examples from the Corpus

humiliate• Who wants to talk things over after being physically subdued and humiliated?• They were strange men and women with peppermint breath and pictures of humiliated ancestors up on their walls.• She had heard of the most appalling things-kidnapped bride, imprisoned and humiliated bridegroom, Halloween destructions and practical jokes.• Lewis says her son was humiliated by his teacher in front of his fifth-grade class.• Why do you always have to humiliate me in front of your friends?• The invading army took every opportunity to humiliate the local peasants.• Grown men shouldn't humiliate themselves like this.• When confronted with the messiah being humiliated, tortured and killed, Peter refuses to listen.

Chinese

Syllable

Corpus