abash

英

美

v. 使惭愧；使羞愧；使困窘；使局促不安
n. 窘迫; 尴尬

过去分词：abashed　现在分词：abashing　过去式：abashed　第三人称单数：abashes　

BNC.48446 / COCA.41079

英英释义

verb

The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant.
整个市中心区有著一种高傲的神气，好像故意要让一些前来寻找职业的普通人感到惶恐不安。
Nothing can abash him.
什么也不会使他羞愧，他的脸皮很厚。
If I had not known before that you were trying somehow to abash me I should know it now.
如果我以前不知道你老是挖苦我，那么现在我知道了。
That could abash the little bird.
能使小巧的鸟儿备受伤害。
The entire metropolitan center possessed a high and mighty air calculated to overawe and abash the common applicant and to make the gulf between poverty and success seem both wide and deep.
都市的整个中心区域带着一种高不可攀的神气，仿佛故意要叫一前来找职业的人感到惶恐不安，故意要使贫富之间的鸿沟加宽加深。