disgrace
英 [dɪs'greɪs] 美 [dɪs'ɡres]
- n. 耻辱；丢脸的人或事；失宠
- vt. 使……失宠；给……丢脸；使……蒙受耻辱；贬黜
词态变化
复数: disgraces;第三人称单数: disgraces;过去式: disgraced;过去分词: disgraced;现在分词: disgracing;
中文词源
disgrace 不光彩
dis-, 不，非，使相反。grace, 优雅，光彩。
英文词源
- disgrace (v.)
- 1550s, "disfigure," from Middle French disgracier (16c.), from Italian disgraziare, from disgrazia "misfortune, deformity," from dis- "opposite of" (see dis-) + grazia "grace" (see grace). Meaning "bring shame upon" is from 1590s. Related: Disgraced; disgracing. The noun is 1580s, from Middle French disgrace (16c.).
双语例句
- 1. Republican leaders called him a disgrace to the party.
- 共和党领导人称他是全党的耻辱。
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- 2. What went on was a scandal. It was a disgrace to Britain.
- 发生的一切是个丑闻，是给英国抹黑。
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- 3. Kinkel said the attacks had brought disgrace on Germany.
- 金克尔声称这次袭击使德国蒙羞。
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- 4. His vice president also had to resign in disgrace.
- 他的副总统也被迫不光彩地辞去职务。
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- 5. The national airline is a disgrace.
- 国家航空公司真可耻。
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