shameful

[US]/'ʃeɪmfʊl/
[UK]/'ʃemfl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 应受责备的;丢脸的;可耻的

Phrases & Collocations

shameful act

可耻的行为

shameful behavior

可耻的举止

shameful mistake

令人羞耻的错误

Example Sentences

It is very shameful of him to show off.

他向人炫耀自己,真不害臊。

We must expose this shameful activity to the newspapers.

我们一定要向报社揭露这一无耻行径。

their shameful silence demonstrates their ineptitude.

他们可耻的沉默证明了他们的无能。

a shameful page in British imperial history.

英帝国史上耻辱的一页。

Better a glorious death than a shameful life.

宁可光明磊落地死,决不卑鄙无耻地生。

Of course,we are aware of their shameful actions.

当然,他们的无耻行径,我们是有数的。

he hated her with a cankered, shameful abhorrence.

他恶毒而可耻地憎恶她。

My presence in his sanctum was evidently esteemed a piece of impudence too shameful for remark.

我在他的圣地出现,显然被他看作是羞于提及的莽撞事情。

He feels it very shameful to sponge on his parents after he’s grown up.

他觉得自己长大了还依赖父母感觉很丢脸。

When his employers discovered his shameful past, they hounded him out of the company.

当他的雇主发现他过去不光彩的行为后, 就把他从公司赶了出去。

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