a reproach to somebody/something formal ASHAMEDsomething that should make a person, society etc feel bad or ashamed 某人/某事物的耻辱 These derelict houses are a reproach to the city. 这些破旧房屋的存在是这个城市的耻辱。
a reproach to somebody/something• The sight of his face alone must be a reproach to her already tormented conscience.• Fires are bright, each one a reproach to the night.• The white stubble on his fleshless jaw was a reproach to my twenty-four years and suddenly I felt an inadequate city-bred softie.
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