disgrace

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++dis·grace1 /dɪsˈɡreɪs/ ●○○ noun  1  [uncountable]BAD BEHAVIOUR OR ACTIONS the loss of other people’s respect because you have done something they strongly disapprove of 丢脸，耻辱，出丑 Smith faced total public disgrace after the incident. 事情发生之后，史密斯声名狼藉。in disgrace Toranaga sent us away in disgrace. 寅寿把我们灰溜溜地打发走了。 His actions brought disgrace on the family. 他的行为让家人蒙羞。 There was no disgrace in finishing fourth. 得了个第四名没什么丢脸的。► see thesaurus at shame2  be a disgrace UNFAIRused to say that something or someone is so bad or unacceptable that the people involved with them should feel ashamed 是耻辱，是丢脸的事 The UK rail system is a national disgrace. 英国的铁路系统是国人的耻辱。be a disgrace to You are a disgrace to the medical profession. 你是医学界的耻辱。absolute/utter disgrace It’s an absolute disgrace, the way he treats his wife. 他那样对待妻子，简直太可耻了。

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disgrace• Mentally ill people were thought to be a disgrace to the family.• It is a disgrace that Government Departments are not subjected to the same scrutiny and punishments.• And what we got to put up with is a disgrace.• She says it's a disgrace.• Conception and disgrace somehow eluded her.• It is capital crime, and a black disgrace to the races of civilized mankind.• While the father was in jail, the whole family suffered his disgrace.• In the end, Gerald R.. Ford pardoned Nixon after he resigned the presidency in disgrace.• Browne was caught using drugs, and was sent home from the private school in disgrace.• And if they twist things still to my disgrace in both counts, what more is there I can do?• Garton killed himself because he could not bear the disgrace of a public scandal.no disgrace• This is no disgrace, to cook up beans and cornbread and make it last.• We shall think it no disgrace for you.• The 2-0 defeat was no disgrace.• It was no disgrace to a great nobleman to serve even in a junior capacity in a good regiment.• But there was no disgrace in that.• There was no disgrace in finishing fourth in the Olympic 100m final, won that year by Harrison Dillard.disgrace2 verb [transitive]  ASHAMEDto do something so bad that you make other people feel ashamed 给…丢脸；给…带来耻辱 How could you disgrace us all like that? 你怎么能这样丢我们大家的脸呢？disgrace yourself (by doing something) I’m not the one who disgraced herself at the wedding! 在婚礼上丢脸的人是她，又不是我！be (publicly) disgraced (=be made to feel ashamed, especially in public) 被（当众）羞辱→ See Verb table

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disgrace• What became of Gary Glitter mimics when Glitter got disgraced?• I was wild with fear we would be disgraced.• Napoleon, the greatest of all generals, dismissed and disgraced Admiral Bruix when he questioned an order to sail his fleet.• She didn't tell anyone that she was pregnant for fear of disgracing her family.• She refuses to admit that she is the daughter for fear of disgracing her parents.• He disgraced himself, and he disgraced his badge..• Many say Lonetree has disgraced his people and his country.• Besides, labor disgraced itself in the Great Depression.• The coffin had reached its resting-place and had landed, without disgracing itself, on the catafalque awaiting it.• My grandmother thought I was disgracing myself, following Tim around like a love-sick puppy.• a disgraced Senator• He would disgrace the family name and be destroyed into the bargain.be (publicly) disgraced• Enough that I would be publicly disgraced.• I was wild with fear we would be disgraced.• The family in Minnesota was disgraced and urged us to move away.• Better to be disgraced for distasteful habits and withholding evidence from the police than jailed for murder?

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dis‧grace¹ /dɪsˈɡreɪs/ noun
1. [uncountable] the loss of other people’s respect because you have done something they strongly disapprove of:
    Smith faced total public disgrace after the incident.
    in disgrace
    Toranaga sent us away in disgrace.
    His actions brought disgrace on the family.
    There was no disgrace in finishing fourth.
2. be a disgrace used to say that something or someone is so bad or unacceptable that the people involved with them should feel ashamed:
    The UK rail system is a national disgrace.
    be a disgrace to
    You are a disgrace to the medical profession.
    absolute/utter disgrace
    It’s an absolute disgrace, the way he treats his wife.
     

THESAURUS

■ great shame
   ▪ disgrace a complete loss of people’s respect because you have done something very bad and shocking: His actions brought disgrace on the family. | The players were sent home in disgrace after admitting taking drugs. | Garton killed himself because he could not bear the disgrace of being charged with corruption.
   ▪ ignominy formal a feeling of great shame and embarrassment because you have been made to look weak or stupid – a very formal use: The team suffered the ignominy of losing five games in a row. | She hoped to avoid the ignominy of having to appear in court.

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disgrace² verb [transitive]
to do something so bad that you make other people feel ashamed:
    How could you disgrace us all like that?
    disgrace yourself (by doing something)
    I’m not the one who disgraced herself at the wedding!
    be (publicly) disgraced (=be made to feel ashamed, especially in public)