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N-UNCOUNT
羞恥;羞愧;慚愧
Shame is an uncomfortable feeling that you get when you have done something wrong or embarrassing, or when someone close to you has.
例句
She felt a deep sense of shame...
她深感羞愧。
They feel shame and guilt as though it is their fault...
他們覺得羞愧和內疚,就好像這是他們的錯。
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N-UNCOUNT
丟臉;恥辱
If someone brings shame on you, they make other people lose their respect for you.
例句
I don't want to bring shame on the family name...
我不想玷污家族的名聲。
He committed suicide rather than face the shame of being linked to the scandal.
他選擇了自殺,不愿面對牽扯進這樁丑聞所帶來的恥辱。
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VERB
使羞愧;使慚愧;使難為情
If something shames you, it causes you to feel shame.
例句
Her son's affair had humiliated and shamed her.
兒子的事讓她感到難堪和羞愧。
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VERB
使蒙受恥辱;使丟臉
If you shame someone close to you, you make people lose their respect for that person, by behaving in an unacceptable way.
例句
I wouldn't shame my father by trying that.
我不會做那種事讓我父親丟臉。
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VERB
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.
例句
He would not let neighbours shame him into silence...
鄰居們試圖想讓他自感羞愧而從此閉口，他是不會乖乖就范的。
Museums have now been shamed out of selling the treasures from their collections.
博物館現在已經深感羞愧，不再變賣他們收藏的珍寶了。
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N-SING
令人惋惜的事;讓人遺憾的事
If you say that something is a shame, you are expressing your regret about it and indicating that you wish it had happened differently.
例句
It's a crying shame that police have to put up with these mindless attacks...
警察得忍受這些無謂的攻擊，真是太不像話了。
They did not have enough money to adopt a child. It was such a shame.
他們沒有足夠的錢去收養一個孩子，真讓人惋惜。
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CONVENTION
真丟臉;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.
例句
He tried to deny it. Shame on him!
他還想抵賴，真不害臊！
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PHRASE
使自慚形穢;使相形見絀;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.
例句
His playing really put me to shame.
他的表演真讓我自慚形穢。