disgrace
[dɪs'greɪs] noun uncountable
ADVANCED
■embarrassment and the loss of other people's respect, or behaviour which causes this 耻辱，丢脸；不光彩的行为•They were sent home in disgrace.他们蒙着羞被送回了家里。 •He brought disgrace on the whole team by falsifying the results.他篡改比分的行为让全队丢了脸。 be a disgrace
■to be a very bad situation 非常糟糕，太不像话•Three families living in one room - it's a disgrace!三家人住在一间房里——太糟糕了！ •[+ that] It 's a disgrace that the government spends so much on guns and so little on education.政府在武器上花了那么多钱，而在教育上却支出这么少，真是太不像话了。 be a disgrace to sb/sth
■to be so bad or unacceptable that you make people lose respect for the group or activity you are connected to 是…的耻辱•You're a disgrace (to the family) - what a way to behave!你真（给家人）丢脸——怎么能干出这样的事情！
[dɪs'greɪs] verb transitive
■to make people stop respecting you or your family, team, etc. by doing something very bad 使丢脸，使蒙羞，使没面子•You have disgraced us all with your behaviour.你的所作所为让我们大家都抬不起头来。 |