shameful
英 ['?e?mf?l; -f(?)l]
美['?emfl]
- adj. 可恥的；不體面的；不道德的；猥褻的
英英釋意
- 1. (used of conduct or character) deserving or bringing disgrace or shame;
- "Man...has written one of his blackest records as a destroyer on the oceanic islands"- Rachel Carson
- "an ignominious retreat"
- "inglorious defeat"
- "an opprobrious monument to human greed"
- "a shameful display of cowardice"
- 2. giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;
- "scandalous behavior"
- "the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt"- Thackeray
- "the most shocking book of its time"