shame

noun

1. an unfortunate development

e.g. it's a pity he couldn't do it

Synonym: pity

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

3. a state of dishonor

e.g. one mistake brought shame to all his family
suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison

Synonym: disgraceignominy

verb

1. surpass or beat by a wide margin

2. cause to be ashamed

3. compel through a sense of shame

e.g. She shamed him into making amends

4. bring shame or dishonor upon

e.g. he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime

Synonym: dishonordisgracedishonourattaint

1. 羞耻;羞愧;惭愧
Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has.

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

2. 丢脸;耻辱
If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you.

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

3. 使羞愧;使惭愧;使难为情
If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame.

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

4. 使蒙受耻辱;使丢脸
If you shame someone close to you, you make people lose their respect for that person, by behaving in an unacceptable way.

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

5. 使…感到羞愧(而不得不做…)
If you shame someone into doing something, you force them to do it by making them feel ashamed not to.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

6. 令人惋惜的事;让人遗憾的事
If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently.

e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。

7. 真丢脸;真不害臊
You can use shame in expressions such as shame on you and shame on him to indicate that someone ought to feel shame for something they have said or done.

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

8. 使自惭形秽;使相形见绌;使自愧不如
If someone puts you to shame, they make you feel ashamed because they do something much better than you do.

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

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1. 惭愧：记得一次参加癌症药物的会议,一位抗癌药物研究的大师说,我们这个领域每年耗费了多少亿的资金,研究了这么多年,但是没有再取得象发现紫杉醇(Paclitaxel)那样的突破,惭愧(shame)呀.