1. | [u] 羞耻;羞愧;惭愧the feelings of sadness, embarrassment and guilt that you have when you know that sth you have done is wrong or stupid |
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。 |
2. | [u] 羞耻心;羞愧感the ability to feel shame at sth you have done |
Have you no shame? 你就不知道羞耻吗? |
3. | [sing] 令人惋惜的事;让人遗憾的事used to say that sth is a cause for feeling sad or disappointed |
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,她没在这儿亲眼看看。 | |
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。 |
4. | [u] 耻辱;丢脸the loss of respect that is caused when you do sth wrong or stupid |
There is no shame in wanting to be successful. 有抱负不是什么丢脸的事。 | |
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。 |
Their presentation put ours to shame. 他们的演出使我们的相形见绌。 |