Word · Frequency #11305
humiliating
令人羞辱的；使人难堪的；丢脸的
making someone feel ashamed or embarrassed
- 1.
Liable to humiliate, degrade, shame or embarrass someone.
可能使人屈辱、贬低、羞愧或尴尬的
- 2.
causing awareness of your shortcomings
使人意识到自身缺点的；羞辱性的
可能使人屈辱、贬低、羞愧或尴尬的；使人意识到自身缺点的；羞辱性的；丢脸的；耻辱的；羞愧的
In use
Losing the race in front of the whole school was a humiliating experience.
He found it humiliating to be corrected by his junior colleague in the meeting.
Forgetting her lines during the play was humiliating for the actress.
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。
find sth humiliating
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。
a humiliating + noun
形容词作定语修饰名词，强调名词带有羞辱性质。
Connections
Collocations
- humiliating defeat
- 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。
- humiliating experience
- 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。
- humiliating moment
- 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。
- humiliating ordeal
- 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。
- humiliating failure
- 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。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：被当众贬低，低到尘土（hum-≈土）里，感到丢脸难堪。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
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