abash sb
The criticism abashed him.
批评使他感到羞愧。
使羞愧；使困窘；使不安
abashes — third person singular of abash
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 cause to be embarrassed; to cause to feel self-conscious
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.
一般现在时
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。
用法提示：abash 作及物动词，表示“使困窘”，此句中为主动语态。
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。
用法提示：abashed 是 abash 的过去分词，与 felt 连用表示“感到羞愧”，强调被动感受。
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。
用法提示：abash 用在 let 后接不带 to 的不定式，表示“使难堪”，是祈使句中的主动用法。
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。
grammar · medium
易错句子I feel abash.
正确表达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。
grammar · medium
易错句子She abashed by the question.
正确表达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。
embarrass侧重因社交失态等引起的轻微不自在，abash则侧重因羞愧或不安产生的强烈困窘
shame强调因道德过失或行为不当而产生的羞耻感，程度强于abash；abash更侧重于羞愧带来的不安和困窘
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