shamefaced

英 [ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst]

美 [ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst]

adj.  面带愧色的; 羞惭的; 惭愧的

TEM8

BNC.27140 / COCA.33856

牛津词典

adj.

• 面带愧色的；羞惭的；惭愧的
  feeling or looking ashamed because you have done sth bad or stupid
  1. a shamefaced smile
     惭愧的笑容

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 面带愧色的;羞愧的;惭愧的
  If you areshamefaced, you feel embarrassed because you have done something that you know you should not have done.
  1. There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced.
     沉默持续了很长时间，而我父亲看上去面带愧色。

双语例句

• There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced.
  沉默持续了很长时间，而我父亲看上去面带愧色。
• And I have to say, shamefaced as I am, being more proficient in English appealed to me more when the possibility of being effectively bilingual became almost non-existent.
  惭愧的是，当精通双语的可能性变得几乎不存在时，对我来说，掌握英文更具吸引力。
• A guilty look; the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy-Eric Linklater.
  内疚的表情；撤退中的敌人那惭愧、羞耻的样子&埃里克·林克莱特。
• 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，这是普罗富莫（Profumo）风格。
• He looked somewhat shamefaced when he realized his mistake.
  当他意识到他的错误后，看上去有些惭愧。
• Mr Brown might feel particularly shamefaced.
  布朗或许感到格外地羞愧。
• Two shamefaced children came to apologize for kicking their ball into my garden and damaging my flowers.
  两个羞愧的孩子因为把球踢进了我的花园，毁坏了花朵而过来道歉。
• It might be very well for an unmarried young curate to be shamefaced in such matters.
  一个没有结婚的年轻副牧师在这种事情上羞羞怯怯，这也许是正常的。
• Henry stared at Howard with a slightly shamefaced look.
  亨利脸带几分愧色盯着霍华德看。
• A very shamefaced soldier named Achan now stood before Joshua and all of Israel.
  现在，满脸羞愧的亚干站在约书亚和以色列人面前。