•[+ that] It 's a (great) shame that the concert had to be cancelled.音乐会被迫取消，真是（很）遗憾。

•[+ to infinitive] Have some more vegetables - it would be a shame to waste them.多吃点蔬菜吧——浪费就太可惜了。

•"Douglas is having to miss the school concert because he's ill." "Oh, what a shame] that's a shame!"“道格拉斯因病不能参加学校音乐会了。”“哦，那真是太遗憾了！”

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•He said he felt no shame for what he had done.他说他并不为自己的所作所为感到羞愧。

•The children hung/bowed their heads in shame.孩子们羞愧地低下了头。

•The shame of the scandal was so great that he shot himself a few weeks later.这件丑闻让他无地自容，所以几个星期后他开枪自杀了。

•You can't go out dressed like that - have you no shame (= don't you feel ashamed about being dressed like that) ?你不能穿成这样就出去——你难道不怕丢人吗？

•He thinks there's great shame in being out of work and unable to provide for his family.他认为没有工作、无法养活家人是一件很丢脸的事情。

•In some societies, if a woman leaves her husband, it brings shame on her and her family.在有些社会里，如果妇女离开自己的丈夫，这会给她和她的家人带来耻辱。

•It puts me to shame that I still haven't replied to David's letter.我还没有给戴维回信，真让我惭愧。

•To my shame, I never wrote and thanked Mary for her present.令人羞愧的是，我从没有给玛丽写信，感谢她送的礼物。

•Shame on you for being so unkind.你如此刻薄，真该感到羞愧。

•Your cooking puts mine to shame.你做菜的功夫令我自惭形愧。

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•If anyone found out that I took the money, I'd die of shame.如果有人发现钱是我拿的，我会羞愧死的。

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•It shames me that I treated her so badly.我对她这么坏，真是令我羞愧。

•The behaviour of a few children has shamed the whole school.少数学生的行为使整个学校都蒙受耻辱。

•[+ -ing verb] The number of people out of work has shamed the government into taking action to prevent further job losses.失业人数之多使政府感到羞愧，继而采取行动阻止失业问题进一步恶化。

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•The school's examination results shame those of the other schools in the area.该校的考试成绩使这个地区的其他学校都相形见绌。

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•To cries of 'Shame!', the minister announced that taxes were being increased.在一片“可耻”的指责声中，部长宣布加税。