“耻辱”常见的英文表达有 shame、humiliation、disgrace。具体使用哪个词取决于语境和想要强调的侧重点:
shame:
含义:指因个人行为或处境而感到的羞耻感,也可指使他人感到羞耻的事物或行为,强调内心的羞愧情绪或外界造成的羞辱感。
例句:
He felt a deep sense of shame for his actions.(他为自己的行为感到深深的羞愧。)
It's a shame that you can't come to the party.(你不能来参加聚会,真是太遗憾了。 )
humiliation:
含义:侧重于指因遭受他人的侮辱、轻视或公开的羞辱而感到的极度难堪和屈辱,强调外界造成的羞辱程度较深。
例句:
The defeat was a humiliation for the team.(这次失败对球队来说是一种耻辱。)
She suffered the humiliation of being fired in front of her colleagues.(她在同事面前被解雇,遭受了极大的屈辱。)
disgrace:
含义:既可作名词,也可作动词,指因不道德、不名誉的行为而使自己或他人名誉受损,处于不光彩的境地,强调名誉的丧失。
例句:
His behavior brought disgrace on his family.(他的行为给他的家庭带来了耻辱。)
He was disgraced from the army for his cowardice.(他因怯懦而被从军队中开除,蒙受了耻辱。)