[predic.]embarrassed or guilty because of something one has done or characteristics one has 羞愧的;羞耻的;惭愧的;内疚的 you should be ashamed of yourself. 你应该为你自己感到羞愧。 [with clause]she felt ashamed that she had hit him. 她感到内疚因为她打了他。 ■[with infinitive]reluctant to do something through fear of embarrassment or humiliation 因怕难堪(或丢脸)而不愿意 I'm ashamed to say I followed him home. 我不好意思说我一路跟着他到了他家。 I am not ashamed to be seen with them. 我并不羞于让人看见我和他们在一起。 ■embarrassed or humiliated to be associated with a person (因与某人有某种关系而)觉得难堪,丢脸 his clothes and manners made me ashamed of him. 他的穿着和举止使我觉得丢脸。
派生 ashamedly adverb 语源
Old English āscamod, past participle of āscamian 'feel shame', from ā- (as an intensifier) + the verb shame