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单词 humiliate
释义
humiliate
verb[T]
uk
/hjuːˈmɪl.i.eɪt/us
/hjuːˈmɪl.i.eɪt/
to make someonefeelashamedorloserespectfor himself or herself:
羞辱，使丢脸
How could you humiliate me byquestioningmyjudgmentinfrontof everyone like that?你怎么能那样当众质疑我的判断，让我丢脸？
Englandwere humiliated(=completelydefeated)in last night'smatch.昨晚的比赛中英格兰队遭遇惨败。
Synonyms
demean
mortify
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humbleverb
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Humiliating and degrading
  • abase
  • abasement
  • be under a cloudidiom
  • bring/takesomeonedown a peg (or two)idiom
  • bruisesomeone'segoidiom
  • debase
  • deflate
  • disgraced
  • dishonour
  • dishonourable
  • doghouse
  • exhibition
  • ignominiously
  • ignominy
  • in the doghouseidiom
  • indignity
  • knocksomeoneofftheirpedestalidiom
  • stoop
  • stoop tosomething
  • undignified
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humiliation
(Definition ofhumiliatefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

humiliate| American Dictionary

humiliate
verb[T]
us
/hjuˈmɪl·iˌeɪt/
to make youfeelashamedorloserespectfor yourself:
They called him anoldfoolinpublicjust to humiliate him.

humiliating

adjectiveus
/hjuˈmɪl·iˌeɪt̬·ɪŋ/
[+ to infinitive]It was humiliating toseeall my possessionspiledon thestreet.

humiliation

noun[C/U]us
/hjuˌmɪl·iˈeɪ·ʃən/
[U]the humiliation ofdefeat
(Definition ofhumiliatefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofhumiliate

humiliate
Placed on an enemy's head, it would have been a humiliating reference portending death as well as conversion into a loser/woman/moon.
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At the start we know nothing save what he appears to be immediately doing - intimidating and humiliating a white woman in an explicitly racial way.
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Many people were demoralized, lost their sense of human dignity, and felt humiliated.
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A partner responded to the action of the other with a controlling or humiliating negative response or by physically moving away or verbally protesting.
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Why go through the charade of pretending to do a play in order tohumiliatefellow actors and the playwright?
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Thus humiliated, the girl was so afraid and ashamed that all she could do was scream.
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On the contrary, their petty jealousies and frictions, their incompetence and, eventually, their cowardice greatly contributed to its humiliating downfall.
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It is not generally necessary to accept the viewpoint of the person who utters humiliating words.
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Second, it demanded the limitation of the powers of the heads of the government departments (who were accused of humiliating employees and making arbitrary dismissals).
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Telling on others in order tohumiliatethem is considered a sin.
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There is a strong temptation to reverse its humiliating presence and make it touch the earth.
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But this course of action would certainly have been humiliating and quite possibly politically embarrassing to boot.
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His determination to emasculate the image of gangsters explains his enthusiasm for humiliating photographs of suspects upon capture.
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