abash

v.  使惭愧;使羞愧;使困窘;使局促不安
n.  窘迫; 尴尬

过去分词:abashed现在分词:abashing过去式:abashed第三人称单数:abashes

GRE

BNC.48446 / COCA.41079



双语例句

  1. If I had not known before that you were trying somehow to abash me I should know it now.
    如果我以前不知道你老是挖苦我,那么现在我知道了。
  2. The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.
    整个市中心区有著一种高傲的神气,好像故意要让一些前来寻找职业的普通人感到惶恐不安。
  3. The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant and to make the gulf between poverty and success seem both wide and deep.
    都市的整个中心区域带着一种高不可攀的神气,仿佛故意要叫一前来找职业的人感到惶恐不安,故意要使贫富之间的鸿沟加宽加深。
  4. Nothing can abash him.
    什么也不会使他羞愧,他的脸皮很厚。
  5. That could abash the little bird.
    能使小巧的鸟儿备受伤害。

英英释义

verb

  1. cause to be embarrassed

      Synonym:    embarrass