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单词 disgrace
释义

disgracenoun [ U ]

uk/dɪsˈɡreɪs/us/dɪsˈɡreɪs/

B2 embarrassment and the loss of other people's respect, or behaviour that causes this:

They were sent home in disgrace.
He brought disgrace on the whole team by falsifying the results.
be a disgrace

B2 to be a very bad situation:

Three families living in one room - it's a disgrace!
[ + that ] It's a disgrace that the government spends so much on guns and so little on education.
be a disgrace to sb/sth

C2 to be so bad or unacceptable that you make people lose respect for the group or activity you are connected to:

You're a disgrace (to the family) - what a way to behave!

More examples

  • It's a disgrace that some war widows don't get a decent pension.
  • I think the way she's been treated is a downright disgrace.
  • She found the disgrace of losing her job very hard to deal with.
  • There is no disgrace in admitting that you cannot do something - it's always best to ask for help.
  • Andrew behaved so badly on the school trip that he was sent home in disgrace.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Humiliating and degrading

  • abase
  • be under a cloud idiom
  • bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
  • bruise
  • bruise sb's ego idiom
  • compromise
  • cut sb down to size idiom
  • deflate
  • degrade
  • doghouse
  • exhibition
  • fall from grace idiom
  • forget
  • grubby
  • indignity
  • knock
  • knock sb off their pedestal idiom 1
  • knock sb off their pedestal
  • lower your sights idiom
  • peg

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Morally wrong and evil

disgraceverb [ T ]

uk/dɪsˈɡreɪs/us/dɪsˈɡreɪs/

to make people stop respecting you or your family, team, etc. by doing something very bad:

You have disgraced us all with your behaviour.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Humiliating and degrading

  • abase
  • be under a cloud idiom
  • bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
  • bruise
  • bruise sb's ego idiom
  • compromise
  • cut sb down to size idiom
  • deflate
  • degrade
  • doghouse
  • exhibition
  • fall from grace idiom
  • forget
  • grubby
  • indignity
  • knock
  • knock sb off their pedestal idiom 1
  • knock sb off their pedestal
  • lower your sights idiom
  • peg

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disgraced
adjective uk/dɪsˈɡreɪst/us/dɪsˈɡreɪst/

a disgraced politician
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