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it is humiliating (for sb) to do sth
用于描述做某事让人感到羞耻。
It was humiliating for him to admit his mistake.
承认错误对他来说很丢脸。
令人羞辱的；使人难堪的；丢脸的
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令人羞辱的；使人难堪的；丢脸的
making someone feel ashamed or embarrassed
It was humiliating for him to admit his mistake.
承认错误对他来说很丢脸。
可能使人屈辱、贬低、羞愧或尴尬的
Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
使人意识到自身缺点的；羞辱性的
causing awareness of your shortcomings
Losing the race in front of the whole school was a humiliating experience.
在全校面前输了比赛是一次让人意识到自身缺点的经历。
He found it humiliating to be corrected by his junior colleague in the meeting.
他觉得在会议上被年轻同事纠正很丢脸。
Forgetting her lines during the play was humiliating for the actress.
在剧中忘词对这位女演员来说是令人难堪的。
用于描述做某事让人感到羞耻。
It was humiliating for him to admit his mistake.
承认错误对他来说很丢脸。
表示主观感受某事令人羞辱。
She found the public criticism humiliating.
她认为公开批评很羞辱人。
形容词作定语修饰名词，强调名词带有羞辱性质。
He suffered a humiliating defeat in the election.
他在选举中遭受了耻辱性的失败。
Not this
I felt humiliating.
Use this
I felt humiliated.
误将主动分词用作被动含义。humiliating 修饰事物，意为“令人丢脸的”；humiliated 修饰人，意为“感到丢脸的”。主语是人时应用 humiliated。
Not this
It was a humiliate experience.
Use this
It was a humiliating experience.
误将动词原形 humiliate 用作形容词。修饰名词 experience 需用形容词 humiliating。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
丢脸的失败；耻辱的失败
The team suffered a humiliating defeat in the final.
球队在决赛中遭受了耻辱性的失败。
丢脸的经历；令人难堪的经历
Forgetting my lines on stage was a humiliating experience.
在舞台上忘词是一次丢脸的经历。
难堪的时刻；丢脸的时刻
She tried to forget the humiliating moment when she slipped on the ice.
她试图忘记自己在冰上滑倒的那个尴尬时刻。
羞辱性的折磨；难堪的煎熬
The public apology was a humiliating ordeal for him.
公开道歉对他来说是一种羞辱性的折磨。
丢脸的失败；可耻的失败
His first attempt ended in humiliating failure.
他的第一次尝试以丢脸的失败告终。
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联想：被当众贬低，低到尘土（hum-≈土）里，感到丢脸难堪。
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、新闻或博客叙述、个人经历回忆 humiliating 是比较中性的常用词，口语和书面语都常见，表示令人难堪或丢脸。日常对话和正式叙述中都可以使用，正式程度适中。
这些词都以 -ating 结尾，读作 /eɪtɪŋ/，与 humiliating 末尾发音相同，可以押韵。注意 -ating 不要按拼写读成 /ætɪŋ/；例如 flattering（/ˈflætərɪŋ/）拼写相近但读音不同，不是同韵词。
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