英语词汇“humiliate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

humiliate

/hjʊˈmɪlɪeɪt

verb [with object]

Make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride: you’ll humiliate me in front of the whole school!...

They stripped him of his dignity and tried humiliating him by showing him throughout the world.
If I'm out in public with a woman who is doing her best to embarrass or humiliate me, I'll walk away.
I've known my friend for a long time, but she humiliates me in front of my other friends.

Synonyms

embarrass, mortify, humble, show up, shame, make ashamed, put to shame;

disgrace, discomfit, chasten, subdue, abash, abase, debase, demean, degrade, deflate, crush, quash, squash, bring down, bring low, cause to feel small, cause to lose face, make someone eat humble pie, take down a peg or two

informal put down, cut down to size, settle someone's hash

North American informal make someone eat crow

US informal own

embarrassing, mortifying, humbling, ignominious, inglorious, shaming, shameful;

discreditable, undignified, discomfiting, chastening, debasing, demeaning, degrading, deflating, crushing, quashing, squashing, bringing down, bringing low

informal blush-making

rare humiliatory

Derivatives

humiliator

noun ...

But public humiliation has become taboo at work, indicting the humiliator more than the humiliated.
It wanted to humiliate the humiliators and to be seen to be morally in charge.
Mixed with distress and shame is intense rage at his humiliators.

Origin

Mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as humiliation): from late Latin humiliat- 'made humble', from the verb humiliare, from humilis (see humble). The original meaning was 'bring low'; the current sense dates from the mid 18th century.

单词	humiliate
释义	humiliate /hjʊˈmɪlɪeɪt / verb [with object] Make (someone) feel ashamed and foolish by injuring their dignity and pride: you’ll humiliate me in front of the whole school!... They stripped him of his dignity and tried humiliating him by showing him throughout the world. If I'm out in public with a woman who is doing her best to embarrass or humiliate me, I'll walk away. I've known my friend for a long time, but she humiliates me in front of my other friends. Synonyms embarrass, mortify, humble, show up, shame, make ashamed, put to shame; disgrace, discomfit, chasten, subdue, abash, abase, debase, demean, degrade, deflate, crush, quash, squash, bring down, bring low, cause to feel small, cause to lose face, make someone eat humble pie, take down a peg or two informal put down, cut down to size, settle someone's hash North American informal make someone eat crow US informal own embarrassing, mortifying, humbling, ignominious, inglorious, shaming, shameful; discreditable, undignified, discomfiting, chastening, debasing, demeaning, degrading, deflating, crushing, quashing, squashing, bringing down, bringing low informal blush-making rare humiliatory Derivatives humiliator noun ... But public humiliation has become taboo at work, indicting the humiliator more than the humiliated. It wanted to humiliate the humiliators and to be seen to be morally in charge. Mixed with distress and shame is intense rage at his humiliators. Origin Mid 16th century (earlier (late Middle English) as humiliation): from late Latin humiliat- 'made humble', from the verb humiliare, from humilis (see humble). The original meaning was 'bring low'; the current sense dates from the mid 18th century. Rhymes affiliate, ciliate, conciliate
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humiliate

Derivatives

humiliator

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