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| /ʃeɪm/ |
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| 1 | singular a reason for feeling sad or disappointed 可惜；遗憾 |
| It seems a shame to waste all this food. 浪费掉所有这些食物似乎很可惜。 |
| It was a shame that you couldn’ t come with us. 真遗憾你不能和我们一起去。 |
| a great/crying/terrible shame It would have been a crying shame if we had lost the game. 要是我们输掉了这场比赛，那就实在太可惜了。 |
| shame about It was a nice idea. Shame about the way it was done. 想法是不错。只可惜做得不好。 |
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| 2 | U a guilty and embarrassed feeling you have when you or someone else has behaved badly 羞愧；羞耻 |
| He speaks about it openly and without shame. 他居然不知羞耻地把这事公开讲了出来。 |
| bow/hang your head in shame (=hold your head down and look away from people because you feel ashamed) The people who let this happen should hang their heads in shame. 羞愧地低下头 |
| | 2a | the ability to feel guilty or embarrassed when you or someone else behaves badly 羞耻心；羞耻感 | | Has he no shame? 他难道没有羞耻心吗？ | |
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| 3 | U loss of respect or a good reputation because of your own or someone else’ s bad behaviour or bad performance 羞辱；耻辱 |
| They accused her of bringing shame and disgrace on the family. 他们谴责她给这个家带来了耻辱。 |
| There is no shame in failing. 失败并不可耻。 |
| to sb’ s shame To their shame, they were proved wrong. 让他们感到耻辱的是，他们被证明是错的。 |
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| - | (oh,) what a shame spoken
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| used for expressing sympathy or disappointment |
| （哦，）真可惜；（哦，）真遗憾 |
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| She’ s resigned? Oh, what a shame. 她已经辞职了？哦，真可惜！ |
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| - | put sb/sth to shame
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| to make someone or something seem bad or less impressive by comparison |
| 使某人/某物相形见绌 |
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| They’ re so efficient they put us to shame. 他们这么有效率，真让我们相形见绌。 |
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| - | shame on you spoken
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| used for telling someone that they should feel guilty or embarrassed |
| 你真丢人；你真该感到羞耻 |
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