Word · Frequency #22127
dishonour
/disˈɔnə/
verb
使蒙羞;使丢脸
bring shame or dishonor upon
- 1.
bring shame or dishonor upon
使蒙受羞耻或耻辱
- 2.
refuse to accept
拒绝接受
- 3.
force (someone) to have sex against their will
强迫(某人)违背意愿发生性行为
拒绝承兑;拒付;强奸;玷污;使蒙受羞耻或耻辱;拒绝接受;强迫(某人)违背意愿发生性行为
In use
His dishonest actions dishonoured the entire team.
The bank dishonoured his cheque because he had no funds.
She felt dishonoured when her colleagues spread false rumours.
Verb forms
base dishonour · third person dishonours · -ing dishonouring · past dishonoured · past participle dishonoured
规则动词,过去式与过去分词同形。
Connections
Collocations
- dishonour a cheque
- 拒付支票
- The bank dishonoured his cheque because his account had no funds.银行因他账户中没有资金而拒付了他的支票。
- dishonour a promise
- 违背承诺
- She would never dishonour a promise she had made to a friend.她绝不会违背对朋友做出的承诺。
- dishonour one's family
- 使家族蒙羞
- He felt that any public scandal would dishonour his family.他觉得任何公开丑闻都会使他的家族蒙羞。
- dishonour oneself
- 使自己丢脸
- They chose to surrender rather than dishonour themselves in battle.他们宁愿投降也不愿在战斗中使自己丢脸。
- dishonour the uniform
- 辱没制服(使职业或机构蒙羞)
- An officer who accepts a bribe dishonours the uniform.收受贿赂的警官辱没了这身制服。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
把 honor(荣誉)前的 dis 想成‘否定’:让某人荣誉扫地,即使之蒙羞。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:正式文章、演讲、文学描写 “dishonour”作动词表示“使蒙羞”时通常用于正式或文学语境,多出现在书面语中,口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
与 dishonour /disˈɔnə/ 真正押韵的是 honour /ˈɔnə/。注意其他以 -our 结尾的常见词如 colour、flavour、neighbour、hour、tour 拼写看似相近,但发音完全不同,不要误认为押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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