humiliate

英 [hjuː'mɪlieɪt] 美 [hjuː'mɪlieɪt]

• vt. 使 ... 蒙羞；使丢脸

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 使蒙羞，羞辱，使丢脸

   cause to feel humble or to lose the respect of others

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 羞辱
2. 使丢脸，使蒙受耻辱

英英释义

Verb:

1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of;

   "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. She was humiliated because her children behaved so badly.
   她为她的孩子表现不好而感到羞辱。
2. Though I aim to defeat you, should I succeed, I will not humiliate you.
   虽然我的目标是战胜你,但就算我胜利了,那并不会让你蒙羞。
3. The boy humiliate his parents by behaving badly in front of the guests.
   那男孩在客人面前表现不好,使父母丢面子。
4. I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.
   我不想当着她同事们的面令她难堪。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+ ～+n./pron.

1. Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present.
   子女在客人面前举止失当,父母也失体面。

经典引文

• How much we ought to..examine and humiliate our selves.

  出自： Robert Burton

词义辨析

disgrace，humiliate，shame，dishonour

• 这些动词均含“使丢脸、使受耻辱”之意。
• disgrace侧重在别人，尤其在众人面前丢脸。
• humiliate强调受辱者自尊心的损坏。
• shame指由不光彩或不道德的行为引起的惭愧感或羞耻感。
• dishonour有时可与disgrace换用，但前者是指因失去荣誉所致。

近反义词

【近义词】

• embarrass 使窘迫
• shame 羞愧
• disgrace 耻辱
• dishonor 不名誉
• degrade 降格
• humble 谦逊的
• dishonour 不名誉
• mortify 使 ... 受辱
• offend 冒犯
• chasten (通过惩罚而使坏习惯等)...
• insult 侮辱
• demean 贬低
• put down 镇压
• show up 揭露
• debase 降低质量、地位或价值...
• abase 降低 ... 的地位...
• discredit 败坏…的名声...
• cloud 云
• deflate 放气
• cheapen 降低
• impute 归罪于
• lower 低的
• chagrin 懊恼

派生词

v.(动词)

• humiliating adj. 使蒙羞的，使丢脸的‖humiliation n. 羞辱，丢脸‖humiliative adj. 羞辱的，丢脸的‖humiliator n. 羞辱者