humiliate
humiliate 英 [hju:ˈmɪlieɪt] 美 [hjuˈmɪliˌet]
vt. 羞辱；使…丢脸
进行时:humiliating 过去式:humiliated 过去分词:humiliated 第三人称单数:humiliates
- Humiliate means to make someone feel ashamed or stupid, often publicly. It would humiliate all but the most self-assured person to realize that everyone else in the room has noticed their fly is down.
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- vt. 羞辱；使…丢脸
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1. I've never felt so humiliated.
我从未感到如此羞辱。
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2. The party was humiliated in the recent elections.
该党在新近的选举中耻辱地失败了。
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3. a humiliating defeat
耻辱的失败
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4. She suffered the humiliation of being criticized in public.
她当众受到指责，丢了面子。
- humiliate (v.) 1530s, a back-formation from humiliation or else from Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare "to humble," from humilis "lowly, humble," literally "on the ground," from humus "earth," from PIE root *dhghem- "earth." Earlier was humily "humble oneself" (mid-15c.), from Old French humilier. Related: Humiliated.
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