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词语辨析
disgrace，humiliate，shame，dishonour。 这些动词均含“使丢脸、使受耻辱”的意思。disgrace侧重在别人，尤其在众人面前丢脸。humiliate强调受辱者自尊心的损坏。shame指由不光彩或不道德的行为引起的惭愧感或羞耻感。dishonour有时可与disgrace换用，但前者是指因失去荣誉所致。 同根词汇 humiliate adj.humiliated羞辱的humiliating丢脸的；羞辱性的n.humiliation丢脸，耻辱；蒙羞；谦卑v.humiliated屈辱（humiliate的过去式）；使…丢脸，使…蒙羞humiliating使蒙耻（humiliate的ing形式）

中文词源： humiliate 羞辱 来自拉丁语humilis,尘土一样的，卑微的，来自humus,土，尘土，词源同humus,-ate,使。即使像尘土一样卑微的，引申词义羞辱。 humiliate
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常见考点例句：

We won 't let them humiliate us .

我们不会让他们羞辱我们。

The iranian authorities have used this technique before to humiliate and discredit opponents .

伊朗当局之前就用这种手段来侮辱和诋毁对手。

The goldstone report accused israel of a disproportionate attack designed to punish , humiliate and terrorise a civilian population .

戈德斯通报告（goldstonereport）指责以色列为惩罚、羞辱、恐吓平民发起了不相称的攻击。

The industry also has to overcome frequent criticism that it is running little more than " digital sweatshops " that drive down wages and humiliate workers .

这个产业也战胜了那种说它得运作比压低工资和羞辱工人的“血汗工厂”好不了多少的频繁批评。

If you treat people with kindness and make sure that your comments will never hurt or humiliate them , you can get away with saying just about anything .

如果你要友善地对待别人，一定要保证你的评价永远不会伤害或羞辱他们，你说过的任何话都能得到认同。