詞彙精選：disgrace的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
丟臉，恥辱，不光彩
例句：
Poverty is not a sufficient cause of disgrace, but poverty without resolution to help oneself is a disgrace.
貧窮並不可恥，窮而不爭氣纔可恥。
例句：
The dirty classrooms are a disgrace to the school.
骯髒的教室是學校的恥辱。
丟臉的人（或事）
例句：
And you needn't fuss; there is no disgrace.
你不必大驚小怪，沒有什麼丟臉的事。
例句：
Republican leaders called him a disgrace to the party.
共和黨領導人稱他是全黨的恥辱。
v.
使丟臉，使受辱 [T]
例句：
I would sooner die than disgrace myself.
我寧死不受屈辱。
例句：
I'm afraid poor Barbary will disgrace herself.
恐怕可憐的芭芭瑞將使自己蒙受恥辱。
使失寵，貶黜 [T]
例句：
The dishonest government official was publicly disgraced.
那個不誠實的政府官員被公開貶斥。
例句：
The cowardly officer was disgraced for failing to do his duty.
這卑怯的官員因不盡職被解職。
二、詞義辨析：
disgrace,humiliate,shame,dishonour
這些動詞均含“使丟臉、使受恥辱”之意。disgrace側重在別人，尤其在衆人面前丟臉。 humiliate強調受辱者自尊心的損壞。shame指由不光彩或不道德的行爲引起的慚愧感或羞恥感。dishonour有時可與disgrace換用，但前者是指因失去榮譽所致。
三、詞義辨析：
humble,humiliate,degrade,disgrace
這些動詞均含有“使丟臉、使受恥辱”之意。humble常可和degrade換用，強調降級所帶來的恥辱；也多指自卑和感到渺小無能的心理狀態。humiliate指損傷或剝奪自尊感，損壞自尊心，強調蒙受恥辱。degrade指因過失而受到降級、階格；也多指因自身的境遇而感到恥辱。disgrace指降低某人在他人心目中的地位，使其丟臉。
四、參考例句：
He fell into disgrace with his companions.
他的朋友都看不起他。
I would sooner die than disgrace myself.
我寧死不受屈辱。
You would disgrace your own sister.
你會使你姐姐蒙羞的。
I'm afraid poor Barbary will disgrace herself.
恐怕可憐的芭芭瑞將使自己蒙受恥辱。
Can even our Ministers sustain a more humiliating disgrace?
我們的各位部長大人是否還能容忍這樣的屈辱？
He quit in disgrace by accepting a bribe.
他因受賄而不光彩地辭職了。
The dirty classrooms are a disgrace to the school.
骯髒的教室是學校的恥辱。
Poverty is not a disgrace,but theft is a disgrace.
貧窮不可恥，偷竊乃足羞。
As a result he faced disgrace, prosecution , and perhaps imprisonment.
因此，他將名譽掃地，受到起訴，也許還會進監獄。
Republican leaders called him a disgrace to the party.
共和黨領導人稱他是全黨的恥辱。
