humiliate
英[hjʊ'mɪlɪeɪt]
美[hju'mɪlɪet]
词态变化
第三人称单数: humiliates;过去式: humiliated;过去分词: humiliated;现在分词: humiliating;名词: humiliation;形容词: humiliating;助记提示
1. Etymologically, humble means 'make sb close to the ground'.中文词源
humiliate 羞辱来自拉丁语humilis,尘土一样的，卑微的，来自humus,土，尘土，词源同humus,-ate,使。即使像尘土一样卑微的，引申词义羞辱。
英文词源
- humiliate
- humiliate: see humble
- humiliate (v.)
- 1530s, perhaps a back-formation from humiliation. Related: Humiliated; humiliating; humiliatingly.
双语例句
- 1. There are people who want to humiliate you and grind you down.
- 有一些人会想要让你难堪，欺负你。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.
- 我不想当着她同事们的面令她难堪。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?
- 凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步 呢 ?
来自汉英文学 - 骆驼祥子
- 4. It was not my intention to hurt or humiliate her.
- 我不是有意要伤她使她下不来台的.
来自辞典例句
- 5. Why hang around just to see him humiliate himself in front of the whole village?
- 为什么呆在这儿看他在整个村子的人面前出丑?
来自电影对白