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单词 disgrace
释义
disgrace
noun[U]
uk
/dɪsˈɡreɪs/us
/dɪsˈɡreɪs/
B2
embarrassmentand thelossof other people'srespect, orbehaviourthatcausesthis:
耻辱，丢脸；不光彩的行为
They weresenthomeindisgrace.他们被灰溜溜地送回了家里。
Hebroughtdisgraceonthewholeteambyfalsifyingtheresults.他篡改比分的行为让全队丢了脸。
be a disgrace
B2
to be a verybadsituation:
非常糟糕，太不像话
Threefamilieslivingin oneroom- it's a disgrace!三家人住在一间房里——太糟糕了！
[+ that]It's a disgracethatthegovernmentspendsso much ongunsand so little oneducation.政府在武器上花了那么多钱，而在教育上却支出这么少，真是太不像话了。
be a disgrace tosomeone/something
C2
to be sobadorunacceptablethat you makepeopleloserespectfor thegrouporactivityyou areconnectedto:
是…的耻辱
You're a disgrace (to thefamily) - what a way tobehave!你真（给家人）丢脸——怎么能干出这样的事情！
More examples
  • It's a disgrace that somewarwidowsdon't get adecentpension.
  • Ithinkthe way she's beentreatedis adownrightdisgrace.
  • Shefoundthe disgrace oflosingherjobvery hard todealwith.
  • There is no disgrace inadmittingthat you cannot do something - it's alwaysbesttoaskforhelp.
  • Andrewbehavedsobadlyon theschooltripthat he wassenthomein disgrace.
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
  • dishonour
  • dishonourable
  • doghouse
  • exhibition
  • fall from graceidiom
  • ignominiously
  • ignominy
  • in the doghouseidiom
  • indignity
  • knocksomeoneofftheirpedestalidiom
  • stoop
  • stoop tosomething
  • undignified
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Morally wrong and evil
disgrace
verb[T]
uk
/dɪsˈɡreɪs/us
/dɪsˈɡreɪs/
to makepeoplestoprespectingyou oryourfamily,team, etc. by doing something verybad:
使丢脸，使蒙羞，使没面子
You have disgraced us all withyourbehaviour.你的所作所为让我们大家都抬不起头来。
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
  • dishonour
  • dishonourable
  • doghouse
  • exhibition
  • fall from graceidiom
  • ignominiously
  • ignominy
  • in the doghouseidiom
  • indignity
  • knocksomeoneofftheirpedestalidiom
  • stoop
  • stoop tosomething
  • undignified
See more results »

Related word

disgraced
(Definition ofdisgracefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

disgrace| American Dictionary

disgrace
noun[U]
us
/dɪsˈɡreɪs/
embarrassmentand thelossof other people’srespect, orbehaviorthatcausesthis:
Heresignedin disgrace.
He’s a disgrace to hisfamily.

disgraceful

adjectiveus
/dɪsˈɡreɪs·fəl/
Theliesmyopponentistellingabout me are disgraceful.
(Definition ofdisgracefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdisgrace

disgrace
In the body of the reports on trials key figures were occasionally described in terms that would not have disgraced a popular novel.
From theCambridge English Corpus
The organisers publicly declared that the state of the monuments was an absolutedisgrace.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Other non-monetary factors, such as managers' desire to avoiddisgrace, probably play an important role.
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, if the candidate paid no taxes at all, then this information could be used todisgracethe candidate, possibly resulting in increased voter cynicism.
From theCambridge English Corpus
She regains in death the honor and status that her publicdisgracewould have eroded.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Because of herdisgrace, he has resolved not to see her, but he declares, nonetheless, his desire to die for her if need be.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Everything paled, however, before the faces of the performers in the 'masks ofdisgrace' or 'bridles for shrews'.
From theCambridge English Corpus
I think it is adisgracethat old people have to buy secondhand clothes in charity shops.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Each minister was responsible directly to the monarch, subject to sudden dismissal anddisgrace, and kept in total ignorance of his colleagues' policies.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Hisdisgraceproved critical to his career and poetry.
From theCambridge English Corpus
He felt 'publicly disgraced' [447; 448; 449].
From theCambridge English Corpus
I believe that an industry that acts in this way disgraces itself.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
No decision, hot air; in the end we are disgracing ourselves.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
I accept that both officers have been disgraced and humiliated, and so paid that extra price.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
If a man in such a case were brought up in a police court he would be disgraced almost for ever.
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocationswithdisgrace

disgrace

These are words often used in combination withdisgrace.

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absolute disgrace
The organisers publicly declared that the state of the monuments was an absolute disgrace.
From theCambridge English Corpus
complete disgrace
Is it not a complete disgrace that this delay has occurred in the way it has?
From the
Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
national disgrace
But this again is the reaction of an old fogey, for whom an opera like this can only be anationaldisgrace.
From theCambridge English Corpus
These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.
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