詞彙精選：humiliate的用法和辨析大綱
一、詳細釋義：
v.
使蒙羞，使丟臉，使出醜；屈辱，羞辱 [T]
例句：
I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.
我不想當着她同事們的面令她難堪。
例句：
His teacher continually humiliates him in maths lessons.
他的數學老師頻頻在課上羞辱他。
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：
You should not humiliate her in public.
你不應該在公共場合出她的醜。
You should not humiliate her at public.
你不應該在公共場合出她的醜。
I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.
我不想當着她同事們的面令她難堪。
The boys humiliate their parents by behaving badly in front of the guests.
男孩們因在客人面前沒規矩而丟了父母的臉。
I didn't want to humiliate her in front of her colleagues.
我不想當着她同事們的面令她難堪。
And the moment of truth: Can Sherlock make a best man speech at the wedding reception that won't humiliate John or Mary entirely Only time will tell...
關鍵時刻到了：福爾摩斯能否當好伴郎，在婚宴上發表一番正常的致辭而不是羞辱華生或瑪麗呢？我們拭目以待。。。。。。
