单词 | humiliation |
释义 | humiliationhu‧mil‧i‧a‧tion /hjuːˌmɪliˈeɪʃən/ ●○○ noun Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Thesaurus
THESAURUS► shame Collocations the feeling you have when you feel guilty and embarrassed because you, or someone who is close to you, have done something wrong: · She never overcame the shame of having abandoned her children.· He remembered his angry words with a deep sense of shame.· Following the scandal, Garrison resigned in shame. ► humiliation a feeling of shame and embarrassment because you have been made to look weak or stupid in front of other people: · What really upset me was the humiliation of having to ask her for money.· He suffered the humiliation of defeat in the first round of the competition. ► dishonour British English, dishonor American English formal the loss of other people’s respect because you have done something bad, or you have been unsuccessful: · His comments have brought shame and dishonour on him and his profession.· There is no dishonour in failure when you have done everything you possibly can to succeed. ► stigma the feeling that other people in society disapprove of you because of something that has happened to you, or because you feel different from most other people in some way – used especially when this seems unfair and unreasonable: · Even when someone has been found innocent of a crime, the stigma often remains.· At first I found the stigma of being unemployed very difficult to cope with.· In many countries there is still a strong social stigma attached to homosexuality. Longman Language Activatorthe feeling of being ashamed► shame the feeling that you have when you know that you have behaved badly or that you have lost other people's respect: · She remembered her angry words with a deep sense of shame.· "Please don't tell my dad about this," he said, blushing with shame.shame of: · She never overcame the shame of having abandoned her children.in shame: · Following the scandal, Garrison resigned in shame. ► disgrace when you have completely lost other people's respect because of something bad you have done: · While the father was in jail, the whole family suffered his disgrace.disgrace of: · Garton killed himself because he could not bear the disgrace of a public scandal.in disgrace: · Browne was caught using drugs, and was sent home from the private school in disgrace. ► humiliation a situation in which you are made to look weak or stupid that makes you ashamed and upset: · Her attackers seemed to take special pleasure in her humiliation.humiliation of: · What really upset me was the humiliation of having to ask her for money.public humiliation: · The Senator's public humiliation is almost punishment enough for what he did. ► indignity a situation in which you feel that you have no pride or self-respect, because people treat you as if you were completely unimportant: · He suffered insult and indignity in silence.· Being accused of theft was just one of the indignities I suffered under my last employer.indignity of: · I had to endure the indignity of being strip-searched for drugs. ► lose face to lose other people's respect for you, especially by doing something that makes you look weak, immoral, or stupid: · The leaders need to find a way of compromising without losing face among their supporters.· Rather than giving in and losing face, she carried on her needless quarrel with her father. ► stigma a strong feeling of being hated by society and being ashamed because of your situation or your actions: · Even when someone has been found innocent of a crime, the stigma often remains.stigma of: · At first I found the stigma of being unemployed very difficult to cope with.a stigma attached to something: · In many countries there is still a strong social stigma attached to homosexuality. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► final indignity/humiliation 1[uncountable] a feeling of shame and great embarrassment, because you have been made to look stupid or weak: the humiliation of having to ask her parents for money► see thesaurus at shame2[countable] a situation that makes you feel humiliated: The government suffered a series of political humiliations. The vote of no confidence was the final humiliation for a government that had been clinging to office. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► final· The vote of no confidence was a final humiliation for a government that had been clinging to office.· Only a few go through the final humiliation of meeting the bailiff at the door and watching him change the locks. ► public· Complete public humiliation in front of the entire nation is a prospect likely to make a man reckless, desperate even.· Some of them stayed home to avoid the conflict, trauma, risk of public humiliation, personal injury, and death.· And equally they can recall the lasting resentment caused by a teacher's blatant unfairness, or by a public humiliation.· Is that the point of this? Public humiliation?· It was public humiliation - the last thing I needed.· It was a spectacular fall from grace that took them all down-a major public humiliation.· Was he really so psychologically weakened that public humiliation would become a sort of perverse fame?· The President sought to keep me happy during this period of public humiliation by giving me additional duties and responsibilities. VERB► suffer· No woman could be expected to suffer such humiliation, certainly not Eline with her fine spirit of independence.· The industry carries no reserve on its books for sorrow or suffering or humiliation or disgrace except in money.· His father had suffered the humiliation because of Mills' treachery and so the traitor should suffer in the same way.· In all likelihood they do poorly on tests and other measures of performance and suffer humiliation and self-concept-destroying consequences.· One seemed to be suffering convulsions of humiliation.· I think she's suffered enough humiliation without having to endure the knowledge that her son is aware of it. |
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