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shameful

英['ʃeɪmfʊl;-f(ə)l] 美['ʃemfl]
  • adj. 可耻的;不体面的;不道德的;猥亵的

英英释意


1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
"Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
"an ignominious retreat"
"inglorious defeat"
"an opprobrious monument to human greed"
"a shameful display of cowardice"
2. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;
"scandalous behavior"
"the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray
"the most shocking book of its time"