abash

[US]/əˈbæʃ/
[UK]/əˈbæʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. 使羞愧, 使局促, 使窘迫
adj. 窘迫的,尴尬的
adv. 窘迫地,尴尬地
n. 窘迫,尴尬
Word Forms
过去式abashed
第三人称单数abashes
现在分词abashing
过去分词abashed
复数abashes

Phrases & Collocations

feel abashed

感到尴尬

Example Sentences

Nothing can abash him.

没有什么能使他感到惭愧。

I stood abashed at his rebuke.

面对他的斥责我感到无地自容。

Your kindness quite abashed me.

你的情谊使我十分不安。

felt abashed at the extravagant praise;

对过分的表扬感到脸红;

The girl was abashed by the laughter of her classmates.

那小姑娘因同学的哄笑而局促不安。

Her kindness quite abashed me.

她的好意令我不知所措。

The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.

整个市中心区有着一种高傲的神气,好像故意要让一些前来寻找职业的普通人感到惶恐不安。

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