disgrace noun ⇨disgrace1 (a national disgrace)⇨disgrace2 (bring disgrace on your family)disgrace1
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It's a national disgrace.這是國家的恥辱。bring disgrace on your family使你的家人蒙羞disgrace ♦︎ crime ♦︎ evil ♦︎ abomination ♦︎ iniquityThese are all words for a bad or immoral person, thing or action.這些詞均表示惡人、惡事、惡行。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆It's a disgrace / crime.◆It's a disgrace / crime to do sth.■disgrace dɪsˈgreɪs [singular] a person, thing or act that is so bad that the people connected with them/it should feel ashamed令人感到恥辱的人(或事情、行爲)◆The state of our roads is a national disgrace.我們的道路狀況是國家的恥辱。◆That sort of behaviour is a disgrace to the legal profession.那種行爲是法律界的恥辱。◆It's a disgrace that(= it is very wrong that) they are paid so little.他們的報酬如此微薄,太不像話了。 see also disgraceful ⇨ outrageous■crime [singular] (informal) an act that you strongly disapprove of不道德的行爲;罪過◆It's a crime to waste so much money.如此揮霍簡直是罪過。ⓘ In this meaning, crime is always used in the expression It's a crime.... * crime表達此義時總是用於It's a crime ...結構。 see also criminal ⇨ outrageous■evil [countable, usually plural] (formal) a wicked or harmful thing; the bad effect of sth害處;壞處;弊端◆We were warned against the evils of drugs.我們被告誡過毒品的害處。◆They hardly mentioned such social evils as racism and sexism.他們幾乎沒有提到種族歧視和性别歧視等社會弊端。ⓘ Evils is most often used in the patterns the evils of... and social evils. * evils最常用於the evils of ...和social evils結構。■abomination əˌbɒmɪˈneɪʃn; NAmEəˌbɑːmɪˈneɪʃn [countable] (formal) a thing or act that strongly offends people's sense of morality, religion or good taste令人憎恨的事情;可惡的行爲◆A strict Puritan, he regarded all theatres and play acting as an abomination.作爲一名純粹的清教徒,他把所有劇院和戲劇表演都看作可惡的事物。◆The building was described as 'a concrete abomination masquerading as a hotel'.那座建築被描述爲“喬裝成旅館的令人憎惡的混凝土結構”。■iniquityɪˈnɪkwəti [uncountable, countable] (formal) the fact of being very unfair or wrong; sth that is very unfair or wrong很不公正,十分錯誤,很不正當(的事)◆the iniquity of racial prejudice種族偏見的罪惡◆the iniquities of the criminal justice system刑法體制的不公正之處disgrace2
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It's a national disgrace.這是國家的恥辱。bring disgrace on your family使你的家人蒙羞disgrace ♦︎ disrepute ♦︎ shame ♦︎ dishonour ♦︎ discreditThese are all words for the loss of other people's respect and approval.這些詞均表示丢臉、蒙羞。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆in disgrace / disrepute◆to bring disgrace / shame / dishonour / discredit on sb / sth◆to fall into disgrace / disrepute◆There is no disgrace / shame / dishonour in sth.■disgrace dɪsˈgreɪs [uncountable] the loss of other people's respect caused by doing sth immoral or unacceptable丢臉;恥辱;不光彩◆Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family.她的行爲使家人蒙羞。◆The swimmer was sent home from the Olympics in disgrace.這名遊泳運動員很不光彩地從奧運會上被遣送回國。◆Sam was in disgrace with his parents.薩姆已失寵於他的父母。 see also disgraceful ⇨ outrageous▸disgrace
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[transitive] ◆I disgraced myself by drinking far too much.我飲酒過量出了洋相。◆He had disgraced the family name.他玷污了家族的名聲。■disrepute ˌdɪsrɪˈpjuːt [uncountable] (ratherformal, especiallywritten) the loss of public respect for an activity or idea(活動或理念的)聲譽損毀,壞名聲◆The players' behaviour on the field is likely to bring the game into disrepute.這些球員在賽場上的表現很可能使這場比賽臭名遠揚。ⓘ People can bring an activity into disrepute, especially a game such as football, by their bad behaviour, for example by cheating or fighting. A theory, system or law can be in disrepute or fall into disrepute, if it is no longer thought to be true or useful. * bring sth into disrepute尤指足球等比賽因球員的惡劣表現,如作弊或打架,而蒙上壞名聲。in disrepute或fall into disrepute則指某種理論、體制或法律的真實性或功用不再被信服。■shame [uncountable] public disgrace不名譽;恥辱;丢臉◆There is no shame in wanting to be successful.追求成功不是什麽丢臉的事。◆ (formal) She felt that her failure would bring shame on her family.她覺得自己的失敗會使家人蒙羞。 see also shame ⇨ embarrassverb, shameful ⇨ outrageous■dishonour (BrE) (NAmEdishonor) dɪsˈɒnə(r); NAmEdɪsˈɑːnər [uncountable] (formal) public disgrace不名譽;恥辱;丢臉◆Her actions have brought shame and dishonour on the profession.她的行爲敗壞了這個行業的聲譽。◆There is no dishonour in such a defeat.這樣的失敗並不丢臉。OPPhonour ⇨ integrity, honour ⇨ reputation see also dishonourable ⇨ despicable▸dishonour
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(BrE) (NAmEdishonor) [transitive] ◆You have dishonoured the name of the school.你敗壞了學校的名聲。■discreditdɪsˈkredɪt [uncountable] (formal) public disgrace, especially for a group or organization(尤指群體或組織的)不名譽,恥辱,丢臉◆Britain, to its discredit, did not speak out against these atrocities.英國沒有公開反對這些殘暴行爲,使自己名譽掃地。◆My brother's behaviour did great discredit to the family.我弟弟的行爲大大敗壞了家族的名譽。 see also discredit ⇨ discreditverbNOTE辨析 Disgrace, shame, dishonour or discredit?In some cases you can use any of these words.在有些情況下這四個詞可以通用◆Her behaviour has brought disgrace / shame / dishonour / discredit on her family.她的行爲敗壞了家族的名譽。Disgrace is the most frequent of these words and has the widest range of collocates.其中disgrace使用頻率最高,搭配詞也最廣泛◆The swimmer was sent home in shame/dishonour/discredit.◆Sam was in shame/dishonour/discredit with his parents.Disgrace can be a public loss of respect or the loss of respect of people you are close to. Shame, dishonour and discredit are all used to talk about a public loss of respect. Shame and dishonour are both used especially in the phrases bring shame/dishonour on sb/sth and There is no shame/dishonour in (doing) sth. There is no real difference in meaning, but dishonour is more formal. Discredit is used especially to talk about the loss of respect for a family, group, organization or country, caused by the behaviour of its members or representatives; it is used especially in the phrases to sb/sth's discredit and do discredit to sb/sth. * disgrace可指失去公衆尊重或遭親朋好友唾棄,shame、dishonour和discredit都表示失去公衆尊重。shame和dishonour尤用於bring shame/dishonour on sb/sth和There is no shame/dishonour in (doing) sth結構,二者在含義上沒有實質差别,只是dishonour比較正式。discredit尤指家族、團體、組織或國家因其成員或代表的不良行爲而蒙羞,尤用於短語to sb/sth's discredit和do discredit to sb/sth。