disgrace
英 [d?s'gre?s]
美[d?s'ɡres]
- n. 恥辱；丟臉的人或事；失寵
- vt. 使……失寵；給……丟臉；使……蒙受恥辱；貶黜
CET6+TEM4考研TOEFLCET6低頻詞常用詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?disgraces;第三人稱單數:?disgraces;過去式:?disgraced;過去分詞:?disgraced;現在分詞:?disgracing;
中文詞源
disgrace 不光彩
dis-, 不，非，使相反。grace, 優雅，光彩。
英文詞源
- 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.).
雙語例句
- 1. Republican leaders called him a disgrace to the party.
- 共和黨領導人稱他是全黨的恥辱。
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- 2. What went on was a scandal. It was a disgrace to Britain.
- 發生的一切是個丑聞，是給英國抹黑。
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- 3. Kinkel said the attacks had brought disgrace on Germany.
- 金克爾聲稱這次襲擊使德國蒙羞。
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- 4. His vice president also had to resign in disgrace.
- 他的副總統也被迫不光彩地辭去職務。
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- 5. The national airline is a disgrace.
- 國家航空公司真可恥。
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