shamefaced

英 [ˌʃeɪm'feɪst] 美 [ˌʃeɪm'feɪst]

• adj. 害羞的；谦逊的；羞愧的；不惹眼的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. extremely modest or shy;

   "cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"
   

2. showing a sense of shame

3. showing a sense of guilt;

   "a guilty look"
   "the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"
   

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

近反义词

【近义词】

• sheepish 羞怯的
• hangdog 羞愧的
• guilty 有罪的
• ashamed 感到惭愧的
• embarrassed 尴尬的
• awkward 尴尬的
• mortified 动词mortify的过去...
• shamed 动词shame的过去式,...