mortified

单词辨析:

ashamed embarrassed mortified 【导航词义:惭愧的,难堪的】
ashamed adj. 羞耻的,惭愧的
〔辨析〕

指因做了某事而感到惭愧或有负罪感的,通常作表语,常后接介词of 或 that 从句。

〔例证〕

You should be ashamed of what you said.

你应该为你所说的话而感到羞愧。

She was ashamed that she had lied.

她因说谎而感到内疚。

embarrassed adj. 窘迫的,难堪的
〔辨析〕

尤指在社交场合因担心别人对自己有不好的看法而感到不安的。

〔例证〕

She was embarrassed at being asked about her age.

当被问到年龄时,她感到局促不安。

I feel embarrassed when making speeches in public.

当众演说时我感到很窘迫。

mortified adj. 羞愧的;窘迫的
〔辨析〕

指受屈辱或丢面子的。

〔例证〕

She felt mortified at being turned down by him.

她被他拒绝了,感到很没面子。

He was mortified to find that she had heard every word he said.

他发现自己的每句话都被她听到了,感到很窘迫。

相关例句:

The mortified mother rushed to a boy she called Mikey, who looked to be about seven; then she turned to me to apologize.

窘迫的母亲立刻跑到那个叫米奇的男孩身边&他看起来约有七岁,然后转过身来向我道歉。

I can't believe I crashed his new car& I was mortified!

我简直不能相信是我撞了他的新车我感到很没面子。

She came to "help" her daughter ( who looked appropriately mortified) find a job.

这位妈妈是来帮女儿(她看起来似乎十分苦恼)找工作的。

Scarlett, I'm so mortified I could die!

思嘉,我差点给羞死了!

He felt mortified, for being criticized by the managing director in front of all his junior colleagues.

他在全体下级同事面前受到总经理的批评,感到很难堪。

The teacher was mortified by his inability to answer the question.

老师因为自己答不出这个问题而感到羞怒。