词汇精选：disgrace的用法和辨析

一、详细释义：

n.

丢脸，耻辱，不光彩

例句：

Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace.

贫穷并不可耻，穷而不争气才可耻。

例句：

The dirty classrooms are a disgrace to the school.

肮脏的教室是学校的耻辱。

丢脸的人（或事）

例句：

And you needn't fuss; there is no disgrace.

你不必大惊小怪，没有什么丢脸的事。

例句：

Republican leaders called him a disgrace to the party.

共和党领导人称他是全党的耻辱。

v.

使丢脸，使受辱 [T]

例句：

I would sooner die than disgrace myself.

我宁死不受屈辱。

例句：

I'm afraid poor Barbary will disgrace herself.

恐怕可怜的芭芭瑞将使自己蒙受耻辱。

使失宠，贬黜 [T]

例句：

The dishonest government official was publicly disgraced.

那个不诚实的政府官员被公开贬斥。

例句：

The cowardly officer was disgraced for failing to do his duty.

这卑怯的官员因不尽职被解职。

二、词义辨析：

disgrace,humiliate,shame,dishonour

这些动词均含“使丢脸、使受耻辱”之意。disgrace侧重在别人，尤其在众人面前丢脸。 humiliate强调受辱者自尊心的损坏。shame指由不光彩或不道德的行为引起的惭愧感或羞耻感。dishonour有时可与disgrace换用，但前者是指因失去荣誉所致。

三、词义辨析：

humble,humiliate,degrade,disgrace

这些动词均含有“使丢脸、使受耻辱”之意。humble常可和degrade换用，强调降级所带来的耻辱；也多指自卑和感到渺小无能的心理状态。humiliate指损伤或剥夺自尊感，损坏自尊心，强调蒙受耻辱。degrade指因过失而受到降级、阶格；也多指因自身的境遇而感到耻辱。disgrace指降低某人在他人心目中的地位，使其丢脸。

四、参考例句：

He fell into disgrace with his companions.

他的朋友都看不起他。

I would sooner die than disgrace myself.

我宁死不受屈辱。

You would disgrace your own sister.

你会使你姐姐蒙羞的。

I'm afraid poor Barbary will disgrace herself.

恐怕可怜的芭芭瑞将使自己蒙受耻辱。

Can even our Ministers sustain a more humiliating disgrace?

我们的各位部长大人是否还能容忍这样的屈辱？

He quit in disgrace by accepting a bribe.

他因受贿而不光彩地辞职了。

The dirty classrooms are a disgrace to the school.

肮脏的教室是学校的耻辱。

Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace.

贫穷不可耻，偷窃乃足羞。

As a result he faced disgrace, prosecution , and perhaps imprisonment.

因此，他将名誉扫地，受到起诉，也许还会进监狱。