humiliate
英 [hjʊ'mɪlɪeɪt]
美 [hju'mɪlɪet]
助記提示
1. Etymologically, humble means 'make sb close to the ground'.
中文詞源
humiliate 羞辱來自拉丁語humilis,塵土一樣的，卑微的，來自humus,土，塵土，詞源同humus,-ate,使。即使像塵土一樣卑微的，引申詞義羞辱。
英文詞源
- humiliate
- humiliate: see humble
- humiliate (v.)
- 1530s, perhaps a back-formation from humiliation. Related: Humiliated; humiliating; humiliatingly.
雙語例句
- 1. There are people who want to humiliate you and grind you down.
- 有一些人會想要讓你難堪，欺負你。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.
- 我不想當著她同事們的麵令她難堪。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?
- 憑什麽把人欺侮到這個地步 呢 ?
來自漢英文學 - 駱駝祥子
- 4. It was not my intention to hurt or humiliate her.
- 我不是有意要傷她使她下不來台的.
來自辭典例句
- 5. Why hang around just to see him humiliate himself in front of the whole village?
- 為什麽呆在這兒看他在整個村子的人麵前出醜?
來自電影對白