英:[ə'bæʃ]
美:[əˈbæʃ]
英:[ə'bæʃ]
美:[əˈbæʃ]
vt.
使羞愧,使局促,使窘迫
adj.
窘迫的,尴尬的
adv.
窘迫地,尴尬地
n.
窘迫,尴尬
a·bash
baesh
第三人称单数:abashes
现在分词:abashing
过去式:abashed
过去分词:abashed
abashedly (adv.), abashedness (n.), abashment (n.)
词根:abash
adj.abashed 不安的;窘迫的;尴尬的
n.abashment 羞愧;害臊
verb
transitive verb
to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert
He had never blushed in his life; no humiliation could abash him.—Charlotte Brontë
“perplex or embarrass by suddenly exciting the conscience, discomfit, make ashamed,” 14世纪晚期, abaishen,早期意为“失去镇静,心烦意乱”(14世纪早期),源自古法语 esbaiss-, esbaer 的现在时词干,意为“失去镇静,惊慌,震惊”。
Originally, to put to confusion from any strong emotion, whether of fear, of wonder, shame, or admiration, but restricted in modern times to effect of shame. [Hensleigh Wedgwood, "A Dictionary of English Etymology," 1859]
最初,指由于任何强烈的情感(无论是恐惧、惊奇、羞耻还是钦佩)而导致的困惑,但在现代时期仅指羞耻的影响。[亨斯利·韦奇伍德,《英语词源词典》,1859年]
第一个元素是 es “出”(来自拉丁语 ex; 参见 ex-)。第二个元素可能是 ba(y)er “张开,张口”(如果概念是“惊讶地张开嘴巴”),可能最终是模仿张开嘴唇的声音。中古英语 Compendium 还将古法语 abaissier “鞠躬,减少,低头”(abase 的来源)进行了比较。相关词汇: Abashed; abashing。Bashful 是16世纪的派生词。
Middle English abaissen, abaschen "to lose one's composure," borrowed from Anglo-French abaiss-, stem of abair "to open wide, gape, be amazed," alteration (by prefix substitution) of esbaer (Continental Old French esbahir), from es- "out" (going back to Latin ex-) + baer "to open wide, gape," going back to Vulgar Latin *batāre — more at ex- >entry 1, abeyance
The first known use of abash was in the 14th century
abashverb
to destroy the self-control or self-confidence of
1 She tells unflattering stories about herself and seems appropriately abashed by them; she also seems to hold no grudges.
2 The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.
整个市中心区有着一种高傲的神气,好像故意要让一些前来寻找职业的普通人感到惶恐不安.
3 Jarreau continues and Belafonte remains slightly abashed until his smile broadens, as if he's accepting his signature tune's supernaturally unifying power.
4 Mr. Ryan held his own, but did look abashed when Mr. Biden mocked him for opposing the Obama stimulus, yet asking for government funds for his own district.
5 Blossoms are juxtaposed by boxes and bars of color in Ellen Hill’s work, which is not abashed to resemble wallpaper.
6 But she lives in a world where life feels tentative every single day, where women must brace for the fact that men come home lovingly, abashedly, unhinged or not at all.
7 At any rate this speech abashed and terrified him.
8 Nothing can abash him .
什么也不会使他羞愧。
9 Hefner was good-natured but rather abashed, diffident, and shy.
10 No need to be abashed or apologetic about that.
11 Some refugees stare down the camera; a young girl smiles, while her father looks down, abashed.
12 Shorn of its prime demographic, earned less than $10 million and finished an abashed sixth at the weekend wickets.
13 Bloom called him out, and the abashed Harris apologized.
14 We imagine that the abashed Johnny made a quick getaway, and that the singer — a woman who had discovered her roar — didn’t miss him one bit.
15 “I didn’t —” mumbled Harry, a little abashed, but Dumbledore cut across him.
16 felt terribly abashed when she walked into the wrong hotel room
17 In other words, the album’s a deliberate, slightly abashed retcon, an album from a world where nothing since 2000 happened and the albums that did happen were far more palatable.
18 I mumbled some abashed answer, but it was Phineas who made the clear response.
19 That could abash the little bird That kept so many warm.
能够使得小鸟不安保有此多暖意。
20 The girl was abashed, and bowed very low to hide her confusion.