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humiliate

英式英标[hju\'mɪlɪet]
美式音标[hjʊ\'mɪlɪeɪt]

vt. 羞辱；使…丢脸；耻辱

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中文词源

humiliate 羞辱

来自拉丁语humilis,尘土一样的，卑微的，来自humus,土，尘土，词源同humus,-ate,使。即使像尘土一样卑微的，引申词义羞辱。

英文词源

humiliate: humiliate: see humble
humiliate (v.): 1530s, perhaps a back-formation from humiliation. Related: Humiliated; humiliating; humiliatingly.

中文解释

1. Etymologically, humble means 'make sb close to the ground'.

实用例句

1. There are people who want to humiliate you and grind you down.: 有一些人会想要让你难堪，欺负你。

2. I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.: 我不想当着她同事们的面令她难堪。

3. What right had they to bully and humiliate people like this?: 凭什么把人欺侮到这个地步呢 ?

4. It was not my intention to hurt or humiliate her.: 我不是有意要伤她使她下不来台的.

5. Why hang around just to see him humiliate himself in front of the whole village?: 为什么呆在这儿看他在整个村子的人面前出丑?

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