shamefaced

拼写受 face 影响，俗化自 shamefast,来自 shame,羞耻，羞愧，-fast,固定的，稳固的。

shamefaced (adj.)

"modest, bashful," 1550s, folk etymology alteration of shamefast, from Old English scamfæst "bashful," literally "restrained by shame," or else "firm in modesty," from shame (n.) + -fæst, adjectival suffix (see fast (adj.)). Related: Shamefacedly; shamefacedness.

shamefaced, -fast. It is true that the second is the original form, that -faced is due to a mistake, & that the notion attached to the word is necessarily affected in some slight degree by the change. But those who, in the flush of this discovery, would revert to -fast in ordinary use are rightly rewarded with the name of pedants .... [Fowler]

1. There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced.

沉默持续了很长时间，而我父亲看上去面带愧色。

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2. And a While , the young man stood by , shamefaced , and downat - heel , submitting.

年轻男人一直低头站在那里,满脸羞涩, 唯唯诺诺.

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3. Do not be so shamefaced. You'll do it very well.

别那么脸皮薄,你会做得很好的.

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4. It might be very well for an unmarried young curate to be shamefaced in such matters.

一个没有结婚的年轻副牧师在这种事情上羞羞怯怯,这也许是正常的.

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5. They glanced at him, shamefaced, yet in their eyes was an odd, triumphant defiance.

他们看了他一眼, 惭愧, 在他们眼中却是一个奇怪的, 胜利的蔑视.

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1. extremely modest or shy;

"cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"- H.O.Taylor

2. showing a sense of shame

3. showing a sense of guilt;

"a guilty look"

"the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"- Eric Linklater

a shamefaced smile

惭愧的笑容

牛津词典

There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced.

沉默持续了很长时间，而我父亲看上去面带愧色。

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They glanced at him, shamefaced, yet in their eyes was an odd, triumphant defiance.

他们看了他一眼, 惭愧, 在他们眼中却是一个奇怪的, 胜利的蔑视.

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The factories were gone; the shops, the houses were thinning glimpses of a still shamefaced landscape.

工厂消失了, 商店和住房也渐渐稀少,只有几处可怜巴巴的风景.

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Ms. Denholtz says the store has had several experiences with shamefaced shoppers like this recently.

丹霍兹说,最近该店有好几次碰到这样感觉羞愧的顾客来退货.

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I want to put the more shamefaced and remorseful of them to work, Profumo style.

我希望让其中那些更感到羞耻和懊悔的人们发挥作用, 这是普罗富莫(Profumo)风格.

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Do not be so shamefaced. You'll do it very well.

别那么脸皮薄,你会做得很好的.

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It might be very well for an unmarried young curate to be shamefaced in such matters.

一个没有结婚的年轻副牧师在这种事情上羞羞怯怯,这也许是正常的.

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There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced.

沉默持续了很长时间，而我父亲看上去面带愧色。

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