Word · Frequency #48446
abashes
/əˈbæʃ/
verb
使羞愧；使困窘；使不安
abashes is the third person singular of abash.
核心释义
to cause to be embarrassed; to cause to feel self-conscious
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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.
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；使不安；使羞愧；使困窘
用法In use
The unexpected compliment abashed her, and she looked down at her shoes.
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.
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.
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。
abash sb
The criticism abashed him.
批评使他感到羞愧。
be abashed (by/at sth)
常用于被动语态。
She was abashed by the unexpected compliment.
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