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humiliate

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++hu·mil·i·ate /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ ●○○ verb [transitive]  ASHAMEDto make someone feel ashamed or stupid, especially when other people are present 使蒙羞,羞辱 SYN embarrass Her boss humiliated her in front of all her colleagues. 她的老板在所有同事面前羞辱了她。humiliated adjective I’ve never felt so humiliated in all my life. 我这辈子从未感到过如此丢人。→ See Verb table
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humiliateWho wants to talk things over after being physically subdued and humiliated?They were strange men and women with peppermint breath and pictures of humiliated ancestors up on their walls.She had heard of the most appalling things-kidnapped bride, imprisoned and humiliated bridegroom, Halloween destructions and practical jokes.Lewis says her son was humiliated by his teacher in front of his fifth-grade class.Why do you always have to humiliate me in front of your friends?The invading army took every opportunity to humiliate the local peasants.Grown men shouldn't humiliate themselves like this.When confronted with the messiah being humiliated, tortured and killed, Peter refuses to listen.
hu·mil·i·ate verbChineseSyllable
stupid, to feel other people Corpus when make especially ashamed or someone


humiliate
humiliate /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ verb [transitive]
to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, especially when other people are present
   SYN  embarrass:
    Her boss humiliated her in front of all her colleagues.
—humiliated adjective:
    I’ve never felt so humiliated in all my life.


hu·mili·ateBrE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ 🔊NAmE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ 🔊 verbpresent simple - I / you / we / they humiliate BrE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it humiliates BrE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪts/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪts/ 🔊past simple humiliated BrE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪd/ 🔊past participle humiliated BrE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪd/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪd/ 🔊 -ing form humiliating BrE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪŋ/ 🔊~ sb/yourself/sth to make sb feel ashamed or stupid and lose the respect of other people 羞辱;使丧失尊严I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues. 我不想当着她同事们的面令她难堪。🔊🔊I've never felt so humiliated. 我从未感到如此羞辱。🔊🔊The party was humiliated in the recent elections. 该党在新近的选举中耻辱地失败了。🔊🔊 hu·mili·at·ing BrE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪŋ/ 🔊NAmE /hjuːˈmɪlieɪtɪŋ/ 🔊 adjectivea humiliating defeat耻辱的失败 hu·mili·ation BrE /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃn/ 🔊NAmE /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃn/ 🔊 noun [uncountable, countable] She suffered the humiliation of being criticized in public. 她当众受到指责,丢了面子。🔊🔊