| 单词 | disgrace |
| 释义 | disgrace (once / 198 pages) nv Use the verb disgrace to say that someone has brought shame upon himself. Your brother might disgrace himself at the family reunion by being rude to your Uncle Bob. You probably notice that grace makes up a big part of disgrace. Combine this with the dis- prefix, meaning “the opposite of,” and you get a word that involves shame and dishonor. Think of disgrace as a kind of fall from grace — it’s what happens when you do something that causes you to lose favor or damages your reputation. You could disgrace yourself by losing your tennis match badly, or you could disgrace yourself by cheating on an exam. WORD FAMILYdisgrace: disgraced, disgraceful, disgraces, disgracing+/disgraceful: disgracefulest, disgracefully, disgracefulness/grace: disgrace, graced, graceful, graceless, graces, gracing, gracious/graceful: gracefuler, gracefulest, gracefully, gracefulness, ungraceful/gracefulness: gracefulnesses/graceless: gracelessly, gracelessness/gracelessness: gracelessnesses/gracious: graciousest, graciously, graciousness, ungracious/graciousness: graciousnesses/ungraceful: ungracefully, ungracefulness/ungracious: ungraciously, ungraciousness USAGE EXAMPLESHe spent so much time screaming at this protester and frankly, it was a disgrace.” Salon(Jan 01, 2017) Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans ushered in the new year with a massive protest demanding the resignation of disgraced President Park Geun-hye. Time(Jan 01, 2017) “It’s a disgrace. . . . It was a situation way beyond decency.” Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) 1n a state of dishonor Syn|Hypo|Hyper ignominy, shame humiliation state of disgrace or loss of self-respect obloquy, opprobriumstate of disgrace resulting from public abuse odiumstate of disgrace resulting from detestable behavior reproachdisgrace or shame abasement, abjection, degradationa low or downcast state dishonor, dishonour a state of shame or disgrace 2v bring shame or dishonor upon Syn|Ant|Hypo attaint, dishonor, dishonour, shame honor, honour, reward bestow honor or rewards upon befoul, defile, foul, maculate spot, stain, or pollute 3v damage the reputation of Syn|Hyper discredit belittle, disparage, pick at express a negative opinion of 4v reduce in worth or character, usually verbally Syn|Hypo|Hyper degrade, demean, put down, take down reduce lower in grade or rank or force somebody into an undignified situation dehumanise, dehumanizedeprive of human qualities abase, chagrin, humble, humiliate, mortify cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of |
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