shameful
英 ['ʃeɪmfʊl; -f(ə)l]
美['ʃemfl]
- adj. 可耻的；不体面的；不道德的；猥亵的
英英释意
- 1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
- "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- "an ignominious retreat"
- "inglorious defeat"
- "an opprobrious monument to human greed"
- "a shameful display of cowardice"
- 2. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;
- "scandalous behavior"
- "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray
- "the most shocking book of its time"