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disgrace

noun
🔊/dɪsˈɡreɪs/
🔊/dɪsˈɡreɪs/
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  1. [uncountable] the loss of other people’s respect and approval because of the bad way somebody has behaved丢脸；耻辱；不光彩 synonym shame
    • Her behaviour has brought disgrace on her family.她的行为使家人蒙羞。🔊🔊
    • in disgrace The swimmer was sent home from the Olympics in disgrace.这位游泳运动员很不光彩地从奥运会上被遣送回国。🔊🔊
    • in disgrace with somebody Sam was in disgrace with his parents.萨姆已失宠于他的父母。🔊🔊
    • disgrace in doing something There is no disgrace in being poor.贫穷不是耻辱。🔊🔊
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    • His crime had brought disgrace upon his whole family.他的罪行使整个家庭蒙羞。
    • Their father fell into disgrace and lost his business.他们的父亲名誉扫地，丢了生意。
    • He's in disgrace for having left his room in a mess.他房间里乱七八糟，真是丢脸。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + disgrace
    • fall into
    • bring
    • be sent home in
    • …
    preposition
    • in disgrace
    phrases
    • there’s no disgrace in something
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  2. [singular] a person or thing that is so bad that people connected with them or it feel or should feel ashamed令人感到羞耻的人（或事）
    • Your homework is an absolute disgrace.你做的作业太丢人了。🔊🔊
    • The state of our roads is a national disgrace.我们的道路状况是国家的耻辱。🔊🔊
    • a disgrace to somebody/something That sort of behaviour is a disgrace to the legal profession.那种行为是法律界的耻辱。🔊🔊
    • You are a disgrace to this school.您是这所学校的耻辱。
    • it is a disgrace that… It's a disgrace that (= it is very wrong that) they are paid so little.他们的报酬如此微薄，太不像话了。🔊🔊
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    • The filthy streets are a disgrace to the town.骯脏的街道简直是给小镇丢脸。
    • This room is an absolute disgrace!这个房间真丢人！
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • absolute
    • utter
    • national
    • …
    preposition
    • disgrace to
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    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): via French from Italian disgrazia (noun), disgraziare (verb), from dis- (expressing reversal) + Latin gratia ‘grace’.

disgrace

verb
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they disgrace
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he / she / it disgraces
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past simple disgraced
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past participle disgraced
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-ing form disgracing
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  1. to behave badly in a way that makes you or other people feel ashamed使丢脸；使蒙受耻辱
    • disgrace yourself I disgraced myself by drinking far too much.我喝酒过多出了洋相。🔊🔊
    • disgrace somebody/something He had disgraced the family name.他玷污了家族的名声。🔊🔊
    Topics Feelingsc2
  2. be disgraced
     to lose the respect of people, usually so that you lose a position of power使名誉扫地；使失势；使失去地位
    • He was publicly disgraced and sent into exile.他被当众贬谪，放逐异乡。🔊🔊
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb): via French from Italian disgrazia (noun), disgraziare (verb), from dis- (expressing reversal) + Latin gratia ‘grace’.