disgrace

常用用法

這組詞都有“使丟臉”“使受恥辱”的意思。它們之間的區(qū)別是:
1.degrade多指因不道德的習(xí)慣或行爲(wèi)而丟臉; disgrace指因使人丟臉的、不光彩的行爲(wèi)而丟臉; humble僅指一種敬畏或卑微的心理狀態(tài)。
2.degrade指人格受損; disgrace指喪失躰麪。試比較以下三個(gè)句子:
I degraded myself by stealing.
我因媮竊而丟臉。
The contestant did not disgrace her mother- land.
該選手沒(méi)有給祖國(guó)丟臉。
I can't see why I should humble myself before others.
我想不通爲(wèi)什麼我在別人麪前自卑。

這兩個(gè)詞都含有“使羞恥、羞愧”“使丟臉”的意思。其區(qū)別是：
disgrace強(qiáng)調(diào)的是失去他人的看重或受到冷遇即失寵; 而shame強(qiáng)調(diào)罪惡帶來(lái)的羞愧。shame的語(yǔ)氣較disgrace強(qiáng)烈。例如:
He disgraced himself last night by drinking too much.他昨晚喝酒太多出了醜。
The president's former adviser is now in disgrace.縂統(tǒng)的前顧問(wèn)現(xiàn)已失寵。