Word · Frequency #48446
abashes
/əˈbæʃ/
verb
使羞愧；使困窘；使不安
abashes is the third person singular of abash.
to cause to be embarrassed; to cause to feel self-conscious
- 1.
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
In use
The unexpected compliment abashed her, and she looked down at her shoes.
He felt abashed by his mistake in front of the whole class.
Don't let their teasing abash you; just smile and ignore it.
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.
她因意外的恭维而感到窘迫。
abash sb with sth
He abashed his opponent with a sharp retort.
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