shame
- 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
词态变化
中文词源
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。
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"
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’.
=> sham - 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.
同义词辨析
disgrace, humiliate, shame, dishonour
这些动词均含"使丢脸,使受耻辱"之意。
disgrace: 侧重在别人,尤其在众人面前丢脸。
humiliate: 强调受辱者自尊心的损坏。
shame: 指由不光彩或不道德的行为引起的惭愧感或羞耻感。
dishonour: 有时可与disgrace换用,但前者是指因失去荣誉所致。
shame, disgrace, embarrassment, dishonour
这些名词均含"丢脸,羞愧"之意。
shame: 多指因非法婚烟、私生、卖国或犯法等而丢失脸面或败坏名声,使他人认为"丢脸"、"可耻"。
disgrace: 常指失去他人的尊敬和称赞而使自己感受到的丢脸、耻辱。
embarrassment: 多指在社交活动中所遇到的尴尬事。
dishonour: 指失去原来享有的光荣或自尊和自重。
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.
2019年12月六级真题(第二套)听力 Section A
- Determined to be myself, move forward, free of shame and worldly labels, I can now call myself a "marathon winner".
2018年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- You freeze in horrors and burn with shame.
2017年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文
- This is a shame--he community should be grasping the opportunity to raise its influence in the real world.
出自-2013年考研阅读原文
词组搭配
put someone to shame
disgrace or embarrass someone by outdoing or surpassing them
使难为情;使尴尬
she puts me to shame, she's so capable.
她使我觉得尴尬,她太能干了。
put to shame
To fill with shame; disgrace.
使充满耻辱;使蒙羞
To outdo thoroughly; surpass
全面胜过;超越
Your productivity has put the rest of us to shame.
你的高效率使我们其他人无地自容
实用场景例句
- His face burned with shame.
- 他的脸因羞愧而发烫。
牛津词典
- She hung her head in shame.
- 她羞愧地低下了头。
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- 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。
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- 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。
牛津词典
- Have you no shame?
- 你就不知道羞耻吗?
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- What a shame they couldn't come.
- 他们不能来了,真是遗憾。
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- It's a shame about Tim, isn't it?
- 蒂姆的事让人遗憾,你说是不是?
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- 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。
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- 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。
牛津词典
- There is no shame in wanting to be successful.
- 有抱负不是什么丢脸的事。
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- (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。
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- Their presentation put ours to shame.
- 他们的演出使我们的相形见绌。
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- His generosity shamed them all.
- 他的大度使他们都感到羞愧。
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- You have shamed your family.
- 你使你的家庭蒙受了耻辱。
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- 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。
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- Shame, she's so cute!
- 哇,她简直是太漂亮了!
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- She felt a deep sense of shame...
- 她深感羞愧。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I don't want to bring shame on the family name...
- 我不想玷污家族的名声。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her.
- 儿子的事让她感到难堪和羞愧。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I wouldn't shame my father by trying that.
- 我不会做那种事让我父亲丢脸。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
- 他还想抵赖,真不害臊!
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- His playing really put me to shame.
- 他的表演真让我自惭形秽。
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