- a shame[singular]
used to say that something is a cause for feeling sad or disappointed 令人惋惜的事；让人遗憾的事 She's retiring because of ill health, which is a great shame. 她因健康不佳而退休，这是一大遗憾。 What happened was a real shame. 发生的事情真的很遗憾。 - shame (that)…
It's a shame that she wasn't here to see it. 真可惜，她没在这儿亲眼看看。 Shame they didn't think of that earlier. 可惜他们没有早点想到。 It’s a shame (that) you didn’t say something sooner. 真遗憾，你没有早点说出来。 What a shame they couldn't come. 他们不能来了，真是遗憾。 - shame about somebody/something
It's a shame about Tim, isn't it? 蒂姆的事让人遗憾，你说是不是？ - shame about somebody/something doing something
It's a terrible shame about Stuart losing his job, isn't it? 斯图尔特丢了工作，真是太可惜了，不是吗？ - shame to do something
It's a shame to see her wasting her talent like this. 看到她这样浪费才华，真可惜。 - shame for somebody/something to do something
It'd be a shame for us to give up now. 现在放弃对我们来说是一种耻辱。 It would be a crying shame (= a great shame) not to take them up on the offer. 要是不接受他们的提议，将来后悔都来不及。 It seems such a shame to throw perfectly good food away. 扔掉非常好的食物似乎是一种耻辱。
Extra ExamplesShame they couldn't make it. 可惜他们没能来。 It is a national shame that our prisons serve as mental institutions. 监狱被当作精神病院，这是我们的国耻。 It would be a shame for all the work that has been done to be wasted. 所有已经完成的工作都被浪费了，这将是一种耻辱。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- awful
- great
- real
- …
- shame about
- a bit of a shame
- rather a shame
- such a shame
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- [uncountable]
the feelings of being sad, embarrassed or guilty that you have when you know that something you have done is wrong or stupid 羞耻；羞愧；惭愧 - with shame
His face burned with shame. 他的脸因羞愧而发烫。 They should blush with shame. 他们应该脸红。 - in shame
She hung her head in shame. 她羞愧地低下了头。 - shame of something
The king preferred death to the shame of defeat. 国王宁死不屈。 - shame of doing something
It took me a while to get over the shame of not doing something to help him. 我花了一段时间才从不做点什么来帮助他的耻辱中恢复过来。 - shame of somebody/something doing something
He could not live with the shame of other people knowing the truth. 别人知道了事情的真相，他羞得无地自容。 - shame at something
I felt a twinge of shame at the thought. 想到这，我感到一阵羞愧。 - shame at doing something
She admitted her shame at having a parent in prison. 她承认自己因父母入狱而感到羞愧。 - shame for doing something
He was filled with shame for giving in to his anger. 他因向愤怒屈服而感到羞愧。 - shame for something
She expressed her shame for her role in the whole unfortunate business. 她对自己在整个不幸事件中的角色表示羞愧。 I would die of shame if she ever found out. 要是她发现了，我会羞愧死的。 To my shame (= I feel shame that) I refused to listen to her side of the story. 使我感到惭愧的是，我拒绝听她对事情的解释。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2Do you feel no shame for what you've done? 你对自己的所作所为一点儿也不感到脸红吗？ He had cried noisily and without shame at the news of Esther's death. 得知埃丝特的死讯，他不顾面子地大声哭了起来。 Her pregnancy was no cause for shame. 她怀孕并不是什么丑事。 She felt a flush of shame at what she'd done. 她为自己所做的事羞愧得脸都红了。 She wept from the shame of having let everyone down. 她因使大家失望而羞愧地哭了起来。 This is the secret shame I have carried around for decades. 这个不为人知的羞耻之事压在我心中有好几十年了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- secret
- public
- …
- be filled with
- feel
- bring
- …
- from shame
- in shame
- to your shame
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- bow your head in shame
- hang your head in shame
- a feeling of shame
- …
- with shame
- [uncountable] (formal)
(only used in questions and negative sentences 仅用于疑问句和否定句 the ability to feel shame at something you have done 羞耻心；羞愧感 Have you no shame? 你就不知道羞耻吗？ - without shame
That child is completely without shame! 那孩子完全没有羞耻心！ She has no sense of shame. 她没有羞耻感。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- secret
- public
- …
- be filled with
- feel
- bring
- …
- from shame
- in shame
- to your shame
- …
- bow your head in shame
- hang your head in shame
- a feeling of shame
- …
- [uncountable]
the loss of respect that is caused when you do something wrong or stupid 耻辱；丢脸 There is no shame in wanting to be successful. 有抱负不是什么丢脸的事。 - (formal)
She felt that her failure would bring shame on her family. 她觉得她的失败会使家人蒙羞。 He risked public shame and possible imprisonment. 他冒着当众受辱和身陷囹圄的危险。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- secret
- public
- …
- be filled with
- feel
- bring
- …
- from shame
- in shame
- to your shame
- …
- bow your head in shame
- hang your head in shame
- a feeling of shame
- …
Word OriginOld English sc(e)amu (noun), sc(e)amian ‘feel shame’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schamen (verb) and German Scham (noun), schämen (verb).
Idioms
put somebody/something to shame
shame on you, him, etc.
- (informal)
used to say that somebody should feel ashamed for something they have said or done （责备时说）真丢脸，真不害臊 Shame on you for doubting me! 你居然怀疑我，真不害臊！