shame

shame
noun

[mass noun]a painful feeling of humiliation or distress caused by the consciousness of wrong or foolish behaviour
羞辱；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；耻辱
the incident had brought shame on his family.
这件事给他家人带来耻辱。
■used to reprove someone for something of which they should be ashamed
真丢脸
shame on you for hitting a woman.
你真丢脸，竟然打女人。
■[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.
他们没有更出名，真是件憾事。
■[count noun]a person, action, or situation that brings a loss of respect or honour
带来耻辱的人（或行为、状况）
ignorance of Latin would be a disgrace and a shame to any public man.
公众人物不懂拉丁语是耻辱丢脸的事。

verb

[with obj.](of a person, action, or situation) make (someone) feel ashamed
使感到羞愧
I tried to shame him into giving some away.
我试图让他觉得羞愧，从而放弃一些。
■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，还那么有精力，使我无地自容。

exclamation

used to express sympathy or pity
多遗憾；太不幸
people's response when they hear you live in England is ‘Oh shame! That terrible climate!’.
当听说你住在英格兰，人们的反应是：“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)（对小而可爱的东西表示愉悦）啧啧
look at the foals—shame, aren't they sweet?.
看看那些小马——啧啧，它们多可爱呀！。

常用词组
put someone to shame

disgrace or embarrass someone by outdoing or surpassing them
使难为情；使尴尬
she puts me to shame, she's so capable.
她使我觉得尴尬，她太能干了。

语源

Old English sc(e)amu (noun), sc(e)amian 'feel shame', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schamen (verb) and German Scham (noun), schämen (verb)

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