单词 | shameful |
释义 | shameful (ʃeɪmfʊl ) adjective If you describe a person's action or attitude as shameful, you think that it is so bad that the person ought to be ashamed. [disapproval] ...the most shameful episode in U.S. naval history. shamefully adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective] At times they have been shamefully neglected. Collocations: shameful act When you're shopping on your own, changing rooms are these sordid little booths where you furtively rush through the shameful act of trying on chinos. Times, Sunday Times They are asked to confess to their most shameful act. Times, Sunday Times Thankfully the match officials were spot-on in disallowing the wingback's shameful act of cheating at the end of the first half. The Sun It was a shameful act. Times, Sunday Times It has become a shameful act to commit and one in which you will more than likely receive a prison sentence. The Sun I could fill a dozen articles with the shameful behaviour incubated by football. Times, Sunday Times But at least 26 rich and famous people have so far been granted allencompassing injunctions to hide their shameful behaviour. The Sun The level of football has changed but some things never do at a club blighted by the shameful behaviour of some of their supporters. The Sun It was also to say sorry for the shameful behaviour of successive governments after the war. Times, Sunday Times Their shameful behaviour should not be forgotten. The Sun But there are fears authors might airbrush out the shameful past - not least the world wars. The Sun But now that we are on the plateau of victory and democracy, we are reverting to that shameful past of ethnic bias. ST Such countries are stuck in a shameful past and have no place in the modern game. The Sun He therefore hates and despises the villagers, who are actually oblivious to his shameful past and bear him no ill will. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 可耻的 Japanese: 恥ずべき |
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