Poverty is not a shame, but the being ashamed of it is.
贫非耻,耻贫乃耻。
英文谚语 3120 句(二)
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📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
n. 贫穷;缺乏,不足;贫瘠,不毛;低劣;
💡 poor(贫穷的)+ty(表示抽象名词的后缀)→贫穷;缺乏
"He envisaged an old age of loneliness and poverty."
他面对着一个孤独而贫困的晚年.
近义:impecuniosity, indigence, marginality, meanness, misery, pauperism
反义:plenty, wealth, wealthiness, opulency, affluence
adj. 惭愧的,羞耻的,害臊的;难为情;
💡 a加强意义+sham羞耻+ed...的→羞耻的
"She was deeply ashamed of her behaviour at the party."
她对自己在聚会上的行为深感羞愧。
近义:humiliated, mortified, shamed, shamefaced, timid, blushing
反义:hotheaded, impassioned, proudhearted, brave, elated, exalted
n. 羞愧;羞辱;可耻的人;羞愧感;
vt. 使蒙羞;玷辱;使感到羞愧;使相形见绌;
💡 做过傻(sha)事的我(me),心里深感 羞愧
"His face burned with shame."
他的脸因羞愧而发烫。
近义:humble, humiliate, mortify, pillory, taunt, twit
反义:elate, impertinence, impudence, impudency, impudicity, insolence