shamefaced

美 [ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst]英 [ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst]
  • adj.惭愧的;羞惭的;面带愧色的

派生词: shamefacedly adv.

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adj.

面带愧色的;羞惭的;惭愧的
feeling or looking ashamed because you have done sth bad or stupid

a shamefaced smile

惭愧的笑容

sheepish

shamefaced

频次

  • 1
    ADJ-GRADED 面带愧色的;羞愧的;惭愧的
    If you are shamefaced, you feel embarrassed because you have done something that you know you should not have done.

    There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced.

    沉默持续了很长时间,而我父亲看上去面带愧色。

adj

1
showing a sense of guilt
a guilty look
the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklate
Synonym: guilty hangdog shamed
2
showing a sense of shame
Synonym: sheepish
3
extremely modest or shy
cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylo

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  1. And I have to say , shamefaced as I am , being more proficient in English appealed to me more when the possibility of being effectively bilingual became almost non-existent .

    惭愧的是,当精通双语的可能性变得几乎不存在时,对我来说,掌握英文更具吸引力。

  2. There was a long silence , and my father looked shamefaced .

    沉默持续了很长时间,而我父亲看上去面带愧色。

  3. Norman looked shamefaced when he brought another the postcard next day .

    第二天,诺曼又送来了一张明信片。此时的诺曼看起来非常害羞。

  4. Mr Brown might feel particularly shamefaced .

    布朗或许感到格外地羞愧。

  5. He looked somewhat shamefaced when he realized his mistake .

    当他意识到他的错误后,看上去有些惭愧。

  6. Henry stared at Howard with a slightly shamefaced look .

    亨利脸带几分愧色盯着霍华德看。

  7. Two shamefaced children came to apologize for kicking their ball into my garden and damaging my flowers .

    两个羞愧的孩子因为把球踢进了我的花园,毁坏了花朵而过来道歉。

  8. It might be very well for an unmarried young curate to be shamefaced in such matters .

    一个没有结婚的年轻副牧师在这种事情上羞羞怯怯,这也许是正常的。

  9. I want to put the more shamefaced and remorseful of them to work , Profumo style .

    我希望让其中那些更感到羞耻和懊悔的人们发挥作用,这是普罗富莫(Profumo)风格。

  10. She won a storm of publicity and a shamefaced invitation to the firm 's headquarters .

    但因为这件事她赢得了大家的眼球,最终公司总部不情愿的给她发了颁奖邀请。

  11. A very shamefaced soldier named Achan now stood before Joshua and all of Israel .

    现在,满脸羞愧的亚干站在约书亚和以色列人面前。

  12. A guilty look ; the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy - Eric Linklater .

    内疚的表情;撤退中的敌人那惭愧、羞耻的样子&埃里克·林克莱特。

  13. Wages and pensions went unpaid , hens died from lack of feed , beggars often elderly women appeared on city streets , shamefaced but urgent in their entreaties at the freezing Metro entrances .

    工资和养老金遭到拖欠,家禽因缺乏饲料而死亡,乞丐在城市街道上出现她们多为年迈的妇女,站在冰冷的地铁入口,面带羞怯,但乞讨起来十分急迫。