humiliate
/hjuːˈmɪlɪeɪt/verb
with obj.
- make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and self-respect, especially publicly(尤指在公众场合)使蒙羞, 使丢脸:
you'll humiliate me in front of the whole school!
你会令我在全校面前蒙羞!
as adj. humiliating a humiliating election defeat.一次丢脸的选举失败。
派生词
humiliatingly
adverbhumiliation
nounhumiliator
noun词源
mid 16th cent. (in the sense 'bring low'): from late Latin humiliat- 'made humble', from the verb humiliare, from humilis (see HUMBLE). The current sense dates from the mid 18th cent.