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abash sb
The criticism abashed him.
批评使他感到羞愧。
使羞愧；使困窘；使不安
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使羞愧；使困窘；使不安
to cause to be embarrassed; to cause to feel self-conscious
The criticism abashed him.
批评使他感到羞愧。
使羞愧；使尴尬；通过突然引起内疚、错误或自卑感来破坏自持；使困惑；使窘迫
To make ashamed; to embarrass; to destroy the self-possession of, as by exciting suddenly a consciousness of guilt, mistake, or inferiority; to disconcert; to discomfit.
abash
Base
原形
abashes
3rd person
第三人称单数
abashing
-ing
现在分词
abashed
Past
过去式
abashed
Past participle
过去分词
His behavior abashes me.
他的行为使我羞愧。
使羞愧
The unexpected compliment abashed her, and she looked down at her shoes.
这突如其来的赞美使她局促不安，她低头看着鞋子。
He felt abashed by his mistake in front of the whole class.
他因在全班面前犯错而感到羞愧。
Don't let their teasing abash you; just smile and ignore it.
别让他们的取笑让你难堪，只管微笑不去理会。
The criticism abashed him.
批评使他感到羞愧。
常用于被动语态。
She was abashed by the unexpected compliment.
她因意外的恭维而感到窘迫。
He abashed his opponent with a sharp retort.
他用尖锐的反驳使对手困窘。
Not this
I feel abash.
Use this
I feel abashed.
abash是及物动词，其过去分词abashed常用作形容词表示‘感到羞愧的’，而原形abash不能直接作表语。
Not this
She abashed by the question.
Use this
She was abashed by the question.
abash是及物动词，在被动语态中必须使用be动词加过去分词，不能省略be动词。
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