音标:['ʃeimfeist] ;
a. 害羞的, 谦逊的, 不惹眼的, 羞耻的
s. extremely modest or shy
s. showing a sense of shame

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shamefaced的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. And a While, the young man stood by, shamefaced, and down-at-heel, submitting.年轻男人一直低头站在那里,满脸羞涩,唯唯诺诺。
  2. I want to put the more shamefaced and remorseful of them to work, Profumo style.我希望让其中那些更感到羞耻和懊悔的人们发挥作用

经典引文

  • He felt shamefaced as a schoolboy before the great world.

    出自:J. Morley
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