shamefaced

英 [ʃeɪm'feɪst; 'ʃeɪm-] 美['ʃem'fest]

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副词: shamefacedly;

shamefaced 羞愧的，惭愧的

拼写受 face 影响，俗化自 shamefast,来自 shame,羞耻，羞愧，-fast,固定的，稳固的。

1. extremely modest or shy;: "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor

3. showing a sense of guilt;: "a guilty look"; "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater

shamefaced (adj.): "modest, bashful," 1550s, folk etymology alteration of shamefast, from Old English scamfæst "bashful," literally "restrained by shame," or else "firm in modesty," from shame (n.) + -fæst, adjectival suffix (see fast (adj.)). Related: Shamefacedly; shamefacedness.
shamefaced, -fast. It is true that the second is the original form, that -faced is due to a mistake, & that the notion attached to the word is necessarily affected in some slight degree by the change. But those who, in the flush of this discovery, would revert to -fast in ordinary use are rightly rewarded with the name of pedants .... [Fowler]

There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced.: 沉默持续了很长时间，而我父亲看上去面带愧色。

They glanced at him, shamefaced, yet in their eyes was an odd, triumphant defiance.: 他们看了他一眼, 惭愧, 在他们眼中却是一个奇怪的, 胜利的蔑视.

The factories were gone; the shops, the houses were thinning glimpses of a still shamefaced landscape.: 工厂消失了, 商店和住房也渐渐稀少,只有几处可怜巴巴的风景.

Ms. Denholtz says the store has had several experiences with shamefaced shoppers like this recently.: 丹霍兹说,最近该店有好几次碰到这样感觉羞愧的顾客来退货.

I want to put the more shamefaced and remorseful of them to work, Profumo style.: 我希望让其中那些更感到羞耻和懊悔的人们发挥作用, 这是普罗富莫(Profumo)风格.

It might be very well for an unmarried young curate to be shamefaced in such matters.: 一个没有结婚的年轻副牧师在这种事情上羞羞怯怯,这也许是正常的.

There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced.: 沉默持续了很长时间，而我父亲看上去面带愧色。