Noun:
a state of dishonor;one mistake brought shame to all his family
suffered the ignominy of being sent to prison
Verb:
bring shame or dishonor upon;he dishonored his family by committing a serious crime
reduce in worth or character, usually verbally;She tends to put down younger women colleagues
His critics took him down after the lecture
damage the reputation of;This newspaper story discredits the politicians
v.动词
disgrace, degrade, humble这组词都有“使丢脸”“使受耻辱”的意思。它们之间的区别是:
1.degrade多指因不道德的习惯或行为而丢脸; disgrace指因使人丢脸的、不光彩的行为而丢脸; humble仅指一种敬畏或卑微的心理状态。
2.degrade指人格受损; disgrace指丧失体面。试比较以下三个句子:
I degraded myself by stealing.我因偷窃而丢脸。
The contestant did not disgrace her mother- land.该选手没有给祖国丢脸。
I can't see why I should humble myself before others.我想不通为什么我在别人面前自卑。disgrace, shame这两个词都含有“使羞耻、羞愧”“使丢脸”的意思。其区别是：
disgrace强调的是失去他人的看重或受到冷遇即失宠; 而shame强调罪恶带来的羞愧。shame的语气较disgrace强烈。例如:
He disgraced himself last night by drinking too much.他昨晚喝酒太多出了丑。
The president's former adviser is now in disgrace.总统的前顾问现已失宠。disgrace，humiliate，shame，dishonour这些动词均含“使丢脸、使受耻辱”之意。
disgrace侧重在别人，尤其在众人面前丢脸。
humiliate强调受辱者自尊心的损坏。
shame指由不光彩或不道德的行为引起的惭愧感或羞耻感。
dishonour有时可与disgrace换用，但前者是指因失去荣誉所致。
shame，disgrace，embarrassment，dishonour这些名词均含“丢脸，羞愧”之意。
shame多指因非法婚烟、私生、卖国或犯法等而丢失脸面或败坏名声，使他人认为“丢脸”、“可耻”。
disgrace常指失去他人的尊敬和称赞而使自己感受到的丢脸、耻辱。
embarrassment多指在社交活动中所遇到的尴尬事。
dishonour指失去原来享有的光荣或自尊和自重。
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用作名词n.in disgrace失宠；不光彩地regarded with disapproval
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用作名词n.～+ prep. -phraseWhat he did brought disgrace on our class.他的所作所为给我们班丢了脸。
He is a disgrace to our school.他是我们学校的耻辱。
Such an act is a disgrace to humanity.这种行为是人类的耻辱。用作动词v.
用作及物动词
S+ ～+n./pron.They have disgraced the whole school.他们给整个学校都丢了脸。
She was disgraced at court.她在宫廷中失宠。
n.名词
disgrace后常接介词to引导的短语。
名词91%,动词9%
用作动词Her son's disgrace broke her heart.她儿子丢脸的事让她很难过。