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shame objFeImv [T]使…感到羞愧Years ago in England, villagers used to clang pots and pans to shame a violent man (= cause him to feel ashamed).多年以前，英格兰的村民们用敲打盆盆罐罐的方式来使粗暴的人感到难为情。It shames me that I treated her so badly.我这么虐待她，真是丢脸。The city is shamed by the large number of homeless people living on its streets.许许多多无家可归的人们露宿在大街上使这个城市丢尽脸面。The behaviour of a few children has shamed (= caused a loss of honour to) the whole school.少数学生的行为使整个学校都蒙受了耻辱。If you shame someone into or out of an action, you cause them to do it or not to do it because they feel ashamed.使痛感羞愧而（不）做The number of people out of work has shamed the government into taking action to prevent further job losses.没有工作的人数之多使政府感到羞愧而采取行动阻止了失业问题的进一步恶化。She's trying to shame her husband out of drinking so heavily, but without much success.她想使丈夫感到羞愧而不再酗酒，但成效不大。
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