humiliate

英 [hjʊ'mɪlɪeɪt] 美 [hju'mɪlɪet]
  • vt. 羞辱;使…丢脸;耻辱
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1. Etymologically, humble means 'make sb close to the ground'.
humiliate 羞辱

来自拉丁语humilis,尘土一样的,卑微的,来自humus,土,尘土,词源同humus,-ate,使。即使像尘土一样卑微的,引申词义羞辱。

humiliate
humiliate: see humble
humiliate (v.)
1530s, perhaps a back-formation from humiliation. Related: Humiliated; humiliating; humiliatingly.
1. There are people who want to humiliate you and grind you down.
有一些人会想要让你难堪,欺负你。

来自柯林斯例句

2. 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。

来自《权威词典》

3. What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?
凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步 呢 ?

来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子

4. It was not my intention to hurt or humiliate her.
我不是有意要伤她使她下不来台的.

来自辞典例句

5. Why hang around just to see him humiliate himself in front of the whole village?
为什么呆在这儿看他在整个村子的人面前出丑?

来自电影对白