趴趴兵营之同型词归类61

  

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本期词汇：
embarrass • humiliate • shame • mortify
These words all mean to make sb feel awkward or ashamed.

PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS

► to embarrass/​humiliate sb in front of sb
► to be embarrassed/​mortified at sth
► to embarrass/​humiliate/​shame sb by doing sth
► to be embarrassed/​humiliated/​mortified to do sth
► to embarrass/​humiliate/​shame yourself
► to publicly/​deeply/​utterly embarrass/​humiliate/​shame sb


embarrass [ T ]
to make sb feel shy, awkward or ashamed, especially in a social situation; to cause problems or difficulties for sb
It embarrassed her to meet strange men in the corridor at night.
►  embarrassing adj. : It can be embarrassing for children to tell complete strangers about such incidents.
►  embarrassment noun [ U , C ]: Much to her embarrassment she realized that everybody in the room had heard her.

humiliate [ T ]
to make sb feel ashamed or stupid and lose the respect of other people
There was no need to humiliate herself over something so petty.
►  humiliating adj. : a humiliating defeat It was the most humiliating night of his life.

►  humiliation noun [ U , C ]: She suffered the humiliation of being criticized in public.


shame [ T ] ( written or formal ) to make sb feel ashamed; to make sb feel that they have lost honour or respect
She shamed her father into promising to help ( = persuaded him to do it by making him feel ashamed not to do it ) . ►  shaming adj. : a shaming defeat by a less experienced team


mortify [ T , usually passive ]
to make sb feel extremely ashamed or embarrassed
He is apparently mortified at claims that the vocals were recorded by session singers.
Mortify is sometimes used in an exaggerated way in spoken English, when it means ‘slightly embarrassed’, not ‘extremely embarrassed’: I was mortified when I realized I had forgotten our lunch date.
►  mortification noun [ U ]: Imagnine my mortification when I found out.
►  mortifying adj. : How mortifying to have to apologize to him!

embarrass  
[imˈbærəs]
vt. & vi. 1 (使)窘迫; (使)局促不安 2 (使)困难
vt. 1 使复杂化 2 使拮据

humiliate  
[hjuˈmilieit]
vt. 使蒙羞, 羞辱, 使丢脸

shame  
[ʃeim]
n. 1 羞愧, 羞耻, 惭愧 2 羞愧感, 羞耻之心 3 羞辱; 耻辱 4 可耻的人[事]; 令人惋惜的事
vt. 1 使蒙羞, 玷辱 2 使感到羞愧, 使觉得丢脸 3 使相形见绌, 使黯然失色
  
mortify  
[ˈmɔ:tifai]
vt. 1 使受辱, 伤害(人的感情) 2 克制, 抑制(肉体、情感等)
vi. (指肌肤)变成坏疽


It embarrassed her to meet strange men in the corridor at night.
在走廊上遇见陌生男子使她很尴尬。

There was no need to humiliate herself over something so petty.
没必要让她自己在如此的小事上丢脸。

She shamed her father into promising to help.
她使她的父亲感到答应帮忙很羞愧。

He is apparently mortified at claims that the vocals were recorded by session singers.
他显然感到很受伤关于乐曲中声乐的部分被议会的歌手录制的声明。

embarrass [ T ] 使困窘, 使局促不安, 阻碍, 麻烦
to make sb feel shy, awkward or ashamed, especially in a social situation; to cause problems or difficulties for sb
使得某人感到害羞，窘迫或惭愧，特别是在社交场合；对某人引起问题或困难
It embarrassed her to meet strange men in the corridor at night.

晚上在走廊中遇见陌生男人使得她很尴尬。

► embarrassing adj. : It can be embarrassing for children to tell complete strangers about such incidents.

►►令人为难的，形容词：关于如此的车祸告诉完全陌生的人对孩子来讲是很令人为难的

►  embarrassment noun [ U , C ]: Much to her embarrassment she realized that everybody in the room had heard her.

► 困窘, 阻碍，名词：她意识到房间里的每一个人已经听说她的事情

，这使得他非常尴尬。

humiliate [ T ] 羞辱, 使丢脸, 耻辱
to make sb feel ashamed or stupid and lose the respect of other people

使得某人感觉害羞或愚蠢，并失去其他人的尊敬

There was no need to humiliate herself over something so petty.

透过这样的一些小事情，没必要使她自己感到难堪。

►  humiliating adj. : a humiliating defeat It was the most humiliating night of his life.

► 羞辱性的，形容词：一场羞辱性的挫折，这是他生命中最令人感到羞辱性的晚上。

►  humiliation noun [ U , C ]: She suffered the humiliation of being criticized in public.

► 羞辱, 蒙耻，名词：在大庭广众之下，她遭受如此批评的羞辱。