- a shame[singular]
used to say that something is a cause for feeling sad or disappointed 令人惋惜的事；讓人遺憾的事 She's retiring because of ill health, which is a great shame. 她因健康不佳而退休，這是一大遺憾。 What happened was a real shame. 發生的事情真的很遺憾。 - shame (that)…
It's a shame that she wasn't here to see it. 真可惜，她沒在這兒親眼看看。 Shame they didn't think of that earlier. 可惜他們沒有早點想到。 It’s a shame (that) you didn’t say something sooner. 真遺憾，你沒有早點說出來。 What a shame they couldn't come. 他們不能來了，真是遺憾。 - shame about somebody/something
It's a shame about Tim, isn't it? 蒂姆的事讓人遺憾，你說是不是？ - shame about somebody/something doing something
It's a terrible shame about Stuart losing his job, isn't it? 斯圖爾特丢了工作，真是太可惜了，不是嗎？ - shame to do something
It's a shame to see her wasting her talent like this. 看到她這樣浪費才華，真可惜。 - shame for somebody/something to do something
It'd be a shame for us to give up now. 現在放棄對我們來說是一種恥辱。 It would be a crying shame (= a great shame) not to take them up on the offer. 要是不接受他們的提議，將來後悔都來不及。 It seems such a shame to throw perfectly good food away. 扔掉非常好的食物似乎是一種恥辱。
Extra ExamplesShame they couldn't make it. 可惜他們沒能來。 It is a national shame that our prisons serve as mental institutions. 監獄被當作精神病院，這是我們的國恥。 It would be a shame for all the work that has been done to be wasted. 所有已經完成的工作都被浪費了，這將是一種恥辱。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- awful
- great
- real
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- 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 羞恥；羞愧；慚愧 - with shame
His face burned with shame. 他的臉因羞愧而發燙。 They should blush with shame. 他們應該臉紅。 - in shame
She hung her head in shame. 她羞愧地低下了頭。 - shame of something
The king preferred death to the shame of defeat. 國王甯死不屈。 - shame of doing something
It took me a while to get over the shame of not doing something to help him. 我花了一段時間才從不做點什麽來幫助他的恥辱中恢複過來。 - 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，他羞得無地自容。 - shame at something
I felt a twinge of shame at the thought. 想到這，我感到一陣羞愧。 - shame at doing something
She admitted her shame at having a parent in prison. 她承認自己因父母入獄而感到羞愧。 - shame for doing something
He was filled with shame for giving in to his anger. 他因向憤怒屈服而感到羞愧。 - shame for something
She expressed her shame for her role in the whole unfortunate business. 她對自己在整個不幸事件中的角色表示羞愧。 I would die of shame if she ever found out. 要是她發現了，我會羞愧死的。 To my shame (= I feel shame that) I refused to listen to her side of the story. 使我感到慚愧的是，我拒絕聽她對事情的解釋。
Extra ExamplesTopics Feelingsb2Do you feel no shame for what you've done? 你對自己的所作所爲一點兒也不感到臉紅嗎？ He had cried noisily and without shame at the news of Esther's death. 得知埃絲特的死訊，他不顧面子地大聲哭了起來。 Her pregnancy was no cause for shame. 她懷孕並不是什麽醜事。 She felt a flush of shame at what she'd done. 她爲自己所做的事羞愧得臉都紅了。 She wept from the shame of having let everyone down. 她因使大家失望而羞愧地哭了起來。 This is the secret shame I have carried around for decades. 這個不爲人知的羞恥之事壓在我心中有好幾十年了。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- secret
- public
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- be filled with
- feel
- bring
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- 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
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- with shame
- [uncountable] (formal)
(only used in questions and negative sentences 僅用於疑問句和否定句 the ability to feel shame at something you have done 羞恥心；羞愧感 Have you no shame? 你就不知道羞恥嗎？ - without shame
That child is completely without shame! 那孩子完全沒有羞恥心！ She has no sense of shame. 她沒有羞恥感。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- deep
- secret
- public
- …
- be filled with
- feel
- bring
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- 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
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- [uncountable]
the loss of respect that is caused when you do something wrong or stupid 恥辱；丢臉 There is no shame in wanting to be successful. 有抱負不是什麽丢臉的事。 - (formal)
She felt that her failure would bring shame on her family. 她覺得她的失敗會使家人蒙羞。 He risked public shame and possible imprisonment. 他冒着當衆受辱和身陷囹圄的危險。
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
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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 （責備時說）真丢臉，真不害臊 Shame on you for doubting me! 你居然懷疑我，真不害臊！