(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"
"an ignominious retreat"
"inglorious defeat"
"an opprobrious monument to human greed"
"a shameful display of cowardice"
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;
"scandalous behavior"
"the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"
"the most shocking book of its time"
shameful的用法和样例:
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用作形容词 (adj.)
It was shameful of them to surrender. 他们投降是可耻的。
They considered her behaviour a shameful piece of snobbery. 他们认为她为人势利,行为可耻。
These shameful manoeuvres were aimed at securing his election. 这些可耻的伎俩都是为了能让他当选。
There is nothing shameful about that, since she was a witch who had used a pillow to deceive him. 这没有什么对不起人的地方,她是会拿枕头和他变戏法的女怪。