单词	dishonour
释义	dishonour1 noundishonour2 verb dishonourdis‧hon‧our1 British English, dishonor American English /dɪsˈɒnə $ -ˈɑːnər/ noun [uncountable] Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Anxious to escape the limelight of dishonour, Cleave returns to live alone in his dilapidated childhood home. He hoped they could come to an arrangement which would prevent the dishonour of his claiming its protection. He may have brought only dishonour to the name of the county but his involvement in the massacre should not be forgotten. Or what nunnery would take you, in your dishonour? She analysed each member of this roll of dishonour, looking for the 13 hallmarks of weediness. The implications of dishonour can be very serious. There was, however, no dishonour in such a defeat. Thesaurus THESAURUS► shame the feeling you have when you feel guilty and embarrassed because you, or someone who is close to you, have done something wrong: · She never overcame the shame of having abandoned her children.· He remembered his angry words with a deep sense of shame.· Following the scandal, Garrison resigned in shame. ► humiliation a feeling of shame and embarrassment because you have been made to look weak or stupid in front of other people: · What really upset me was the humiliation of having to ask her for money.· He suffered the humiliation of defeat in the first round of the competition. ► dishonour British English, dishonor American English formal the loss of other people’s respect because you have done something bad, or you have been unsuccessful: · His comments have brought shame and dishonour on him and his profession.· There is no dishonour in failure when you have done everything you possibly can to succeed. ► stigma the feeling that other people in society disapprove of you because of something that has happened to you, or because you feel different from most other people in some way – used especially when this seems unfair and unreasonable: · Even when someone has been found innocent of a crime, the stigma often remains.· At first I found the stigma of being unemployed very difficult to cope with.· In many countries there is still a strong social stigma attached to homosexuality. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► brought ... dishonour on  You’ve brought enough dishonour on your family already without causing any more trouble. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► bring · He may have brought only dishonour to the name of the county but his involvement in the massacre should not be forgotten. loss of respect from other people, because you have behaved in a morally unacceptable way OPP  honour:  You’ve brought enough dishonour on your family already without causing any more trouble.► see thesaurus at shame dishonour1 noundishonour2 verb dishonourdishonour2 British English, dishonor American English verb [transitive] Verb Table VERB TABLE dishonour (BrE) Simple Form Present I, you, we, they dishonour (BrE) he, she, it dishonours (BrE) Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they dishonoured (BrE) Present perfect I, you, we, they have dishonoured (BrE) he, she, it has dishonoured (BrE) Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had dishonoured (BrE) Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will dishonour Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have dishonoured (BrE) Continuous Form Present I am dishonouring (BrE) he, she, it is dishonouring (BrE) you, we, they are dishonouring (BrE) Past I, he, she, it was dishonouring (BrE) you, we, they were dishonouring (BrE) Present perfect I, you, we, they have been dishonouring (BrE) he, she, it has been dishonouring (BrE) Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been dishonouring (BrE) Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be dishonouring (BrE) Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been dishonouring (BrE) Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But there is another, more essential respect for nature itself, which we dishonour at our peril. First, the cheque which Y had given X when Y took delivery of the car from X, was dishonoured. Ham dishonours his drunken father, and Noah curses him through his descendants. In the first three months of 1987 a number of the company's cheques were dishonoured on presentation. The identification of feminism with the United States has dishonoured it around the world. Thus a seller who in the normal way has accepted a cheque which is later dishonoured, is an unpaid seller. When the cheque was dishonoured the seller did all he could to trace the rogue and car and he informed the police. 1formal to make your family, country, profession etc lose the respect of other people:  He dishonored the uniform and did not deserve to be a marine.2if a bank dishonours a cheque, it refuses to pay out money for it OPP  honour3to refuse to keep an agreement or promise OPP  honour:  Union leaders accused management of dishonouring existing pay agreements.
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