- a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour羞耻, 羞愧：
she was hot with shame
她羞惭得脸红发热
he felt a pang of shame at telling Alice a lie.
他因向艾丽斯撒了谎而感到一阵羞愧。
- a loss of respect or esteem; dishonour丢脸, 羞辱, 耻辱：
the incident had brought shame on his family.
这件事给他的家人带来了耻辱。
- count noun a person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honour带来耻辱的人（或行为、局面）：
ignorance of Latin would be a disgrace and a shame to any public man.
公众人物不懂拉丁语是件丢脸的事。
- in sing. a regrettable or unfortunate situation or action憾事; 倒霉的事：
it is a shame that they are not better known.
真遗憾, 他们没能得到人们的更多了解。
- make (someone) feel ashamed使感到羞耻（或羞愧）：
I tried to shame him into giving some away
我试图让他觉得羞愧, 从而放弃一些
legal action must be taken and companies named and shamed.
必须提起诉讼, 相关公司必须点名批评。
- bring shame to使蒙羞, 使丢脸：
the entire debacle has shamed Scotland.
完全的失败使苏格兰丢尽了脸面。
- cause (someone) to feel ashamed or inadequate by outdoing or surpassing them使蒙羞; 使相形见绌：：
she shames me with her eighty-year-old energy.
她80岁了, 还那么劲头十足, 真使我无地自容。
- used to express sympathy or pity用于表示同情或怜悯真遗憾：
people's response when they hear you live in England is 'Oh shame! That terrible climate!'
人们听说你住在英格兰时的反应是：“哦, 太遗憾了！天气那么糟糕！”
- S. African used to express sentimental pleasure, especially at something small and endearing〈南非〉［用于表示对小而可爱的东西等的愉快心情］真讨人喜欢：
look at the foals - shame, aren't they sweet?
瞧那些小马——真讨人喜欢, 它们多可爱呀！
put someone to shame
- make someone feel inadequate by greatly outdoing or surpassing them使相形见绌：
she puts me to shame, she's so capable.
她使我相形见绌, 她真能干。
shame on you
- used to reprove someone for something of which they should be ashamed（用于责备做了丢脸事的人）可耻：
shame on you for hitting a woman.
你真丢脸, 竟然打女人。