shame

英 [ʃeɪm] 美[ʃem]

近义词guilt mortify down humiliate lowly of fill the bring subdue disappoint embarrass out put dumbfound take abash make to confuse chasten with wind a notch blush

反义词

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

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中文词源

shame 羞耻，羞愧，耻辱，丢脸

来自古英语 scamu,羞耻，羞愧，来自 Proto-Germanic*skamo,覆盖，隐藏，来自 PIE*skem,*kem, 覆盖，隐藏，可能来自*skeu,覆盖，隐藏，词源同 hide,shoe.引申诸相关词义。

词态变化

复数: shames;第三人称单数: shames;过去式: shamed;过去分词: shamed;现在分词: shaming;

英文词源

shame: shame: [OE] Shame is a general Germanic term, with relatives in German scham, Dutch schaam, and Swedish and Danish skam. Their common ancestor is a prehistoric *skamō, a word of unknown origin. Sham [17] probably originated in a northern English pronunciation of shame. The compound shamefaced [16] has no etymological connection with face. It is an alteration of an earlier shamefast, whose second element is the same word as fast ‘firm’, and its underlying meaning is ‘held firm by shame’.
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shame (n.): Old English scamu, sceomu "feeling of guilt or disgrace; confusion caused by shame; disgrace, dishonor, insult, loss of esteem or reputation; shameful circumstance, what brings disgrace; modesty; private parts," from Proto-Germanic *skamo (cognates: Old Saxon skama, Old Norse skömm, Swedish skam, Old Frisian scome, Dutch schaamte, Old High German scama, German Scham). The best guess is that this is from PIE *skem-, from *kem- "to cover" (covering oneself being a common expression of shame).

Until modern times English had a productive duplicate form in shand. An Old Norse word for it was kinnroði, literally "cheek-redness," hence, "blush of shame." Greek distinguished shame in the bad sense of "disgrace, dishonor" (aiskhyne) from shame in the good sense of "modesty, bashfulness" (aidos). To put (someone or something) to shame is mid-13c. Shame culture attested by 1947.
shame (v.): Old English scamian "be ashamed, blush, feel shame; cause shame," from the root of shame (n.). Compare Old Saxon scamian, Dutch schamen, Old High German scamen, Danish skamme, Gothic skaman, German schämen sich. Related: Shamed; shaming.

双语例句

1. I will return, find you, love you, marry you and live without shame.: 我会回去，找到你，爱你，娶你，活的光明正大。《赎罪》

2. You've no reason to reproach yourself, no reason to feel shame.: 你没有理由自责，也没有理由感到惭愧。

3. Her father and her brothers would die of shame.: 她父亲和她的兄弟们会羞愧死。

4. The government will also name and shame the worst performing airlines.: 政府还将曝光业绩最差的航空公司。

5. She felt a deep sense of shame and repugnance.: 她深感羞耻和厌恶。

英英释意

1. a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt

2. a state of dishonor;: "one mistake brought shame to all his family"; "suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison"

3. an unfortunate development;: "it's a pity he couldn't do it"

考试真题

So as a result, there are fewer listeners of Jazz, which is a great shame because it's an incredibly rich genre.

Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels, I can now call myself a "marathon winner".

You freeze in horrors and burn with shame.

This is a shame--he community should be grasping the opportunity to raise its influence in the real world.

实用场景例句

His face burned with shame.: 他的脸因羞愧而发烫。

She hung her head in shame.: 她羞愧地低下了头。

He could not live with the shame of other people knowing the truth.: 别人知道了事情的真相，他羞得无地自容。

To my shame (= I feel shame that) I refused to listen to her side of the story.: 使我感到惭愧的是，我拒绝听她对事情的解释。

Have you no shame?: 你就不知道羞耻吗？

What a shame they couldn't come.: 他们不能来了，真是遗憾。

It's a shame about Tim, isn't it?: 蒂姆的事让人遗憾，你说是不是？

It's a shame that she wasn't here to see it.: 真可惜她不能在这儿亲眼看看。

It would be a crying shame (= a great shame) not to take them up on the offer.: 要是不接受他们的提议，将来后悔都来不及。

There is no shame in wanting to be successful.: 有抱负不是什么丢脸的事。

(formal)She felt that her failure would bring shame on her family.: 她觉得她的失败会使家人蒙羞。

Their presentation put ours to shame.: 他们的演出使我们的相形见绌。

His generosity shamed them all.: 他的大度使他们都感到羞愧。

You have shamed your family.: 你使你的家庭蒙受了耻辱。

She shamed her father into promising more help.: 她使父亲感到过意不去，只好答应多给她些帮助。

Shame, she's so cute!: 哇，她简直是太漂亮了！

She felt a deep sense of shame...: 她深感羞愧。

They feel shame and guilt as though it is their fault...: 他们觉得羞愧和内疚,就好像这是他们的错。

I don't want to bring shame on the family name...: 我不想玷污家族的名声。

He committed suicide rather than face the shame of being linked to the scandal.: 他选择了自杀,不愿面对牵扯进这桩丑闻所带来的耻辱。

Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her.: 儿子的事让她感到难堪和羞愧。

I wouldn't shame my father by trying that.: 我不会做那种事让我父亲丢脸。

He would not let neighbours shame him into silence...: 邻居们试图想让他自感羞愧而从此闭口，他是不会乖乖就范的。

Museums have now been shamed out of selling the treasures from their collections.: 博物馆现在已经深感羞愧，不再变卖他们收藏的珍宝了。

It's a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks...: 警察得忍受这些无谓的攻击，真是太不像话了。

They did not have enough money to adopt a child. It was such a shame.: 他们没有足够的钱去收养一个孩子，真让人惋惜。

He tried to deny it. Shame on him!: 他还想抵赖，真不害臊！

His playing really put me to shame.: 他的表演真让我自惭形秽。

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