humiliate
英[hj?'m?l?e?t]
美[hju'm?l?et]
- vt. 羞辱；使…丟臉；恥辱
詞態(tài)變化
第三人稱單數(shù):?humiliates;過去式:?humiliated;過去分詞:?humiliated;現(xiàn)在分詞:?humiliating;名詞:?humiliation;形容詞:?humiliating;
助記提示
1. Etymologically, humble means 'make sb close to the ground'.
中文詞源
humiliate 羞辱
來自拉丁語humilis,塵土一樣的，卑微的，來自humus,土，塵土，詞源同humus,-ate,使。即使像塵土一樣卑微的，引申詞義羞辱。
英文詞源
- humiliate
- humiliate: see humble
- humiliate (v.)
- 1530s, perhaps a back-formation from humiliation. Related: Humiliated; humiliating; humiliatingly.
雙語例句
- 1. There are people who want to humiliate you and grind you down.
- 有一些人會(huì)想要讓你難堪，欺負(fù)你。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.
- 我不想當(dāng)著她同事們的面令她難堪。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
- 3. What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?
- 憑什么把人欺侮到這個(gè)地步 呢 ?
來自漢英文學(xué) - 駱駝祥子
- 4. It was not my intention to hurt or humiliate her.
- 我不是有意要傷她使她下不來臺(tái)的.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Why hang around just to see him humiliate himself in front of the whole village?
- 為什么呆在這兒看他在整個(gè)村子的人面前出丑?
來自電影對(duì)白