| 单词 | abash |
| 释义 | abash (once / 1175 pages) v Although abash sounds like a big party or what firefighters do to get through a locked door, abash is, in fact, a verb that means you have caused another person to feel awkward, bashful, embarrassed, or ashamed. To make your best friend feel abashed, you might tell her new boyfriend about the time she... but why would you want to embarrass her? Typically abash is used when something has a shaming effect. You might find yourself saying: “I was abashed by the magnitude of the others’ generosity so I donated twenty thousand more,” but you wouldn’t just use abash in place of embarrass. It would sound strange to warn, “Don’t do that, you’re going to abash yourself!” WORD FAMILYabash: abashed, abashes, abashing, abashment+/abashed: abashedly, unabashed/abashment: abashments/unabashed: unabashedly USAGE EXAMPLES“I hope they would be sighted before now,” said the abashed intelligence officer. Seattle Times(Dec 03, 2016) As shy and abashed as Cohen could be, other artists were finding his music and feeling much more enthusiastic about it. Salon(Nov 15, 2016) Mr. Kaiser made it clear that he was beyond abashed by what had happened. New York Times(Nov 02, 2016) v cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious Syn|Hypo|Hyper embarrass confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off cause to feel embarrassment flustercause to be nervous or upset bothermake confused or perplexed or puzzled deflect, distractdraw someone's attention away from something discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset cause to lose one's composure |
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