shame1/ʃem; ʃeIm/n 1 it's a shame/what a shame spoken used to say that a situation is disappointing and you wish that it was different【口】真遗憾﹐多可惜: +(that) It's a shame you can’t come. 你不能来真可惜。It's a great shame to be indoors on such a nice day. 这么好的天呆在屋里真太可惜了。2 [U] the feeling that you have when you know that you have behaved badly or have lost other people's respect [→ ashamed] 惭愧﹐羞愧﹐羞耻: a deep sense of shame 很深的羞愧感He's brought shame on the whole family. 他给全家带来了耻辱。Have you no shame ? 你这人不知羞耻吗?3 put sb/sth to shame to be much better than someone or something else 使某人/某物相形见绌
shame2v [T] to make someone feel ashamed 使感到羞愧﹐使觉得丢脸