humiliate

英 [hjuːˈmɪl.i.eɪt]      美 [hjuːˈmɪl.i.eɪt]
  • vt. 羞辱;使…丢脸;耻辱
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1. Etymologically, humble means 'make sb close to the ground'.
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。

humiliate
humiliate: see humble
humiliate (v.)
1530s, perhaps a back-formation from humiliation. Related: Humiliated; humiliating; humiliatingly.
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。
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。
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 ?
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.
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?