(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\\\"
\\\"an ignominious retreat\\\"
\\\"inglorious defeat\\\"
\\\"an opprobrious monument to human greed\\\"
\\\"a shameful display of cowardice\\\"
giving offense to moral sensibilities and injurious to reputation;
\\\"scandalous behavior\\\"
\\\"the wicked rascally shameful conduct of the bankrupt\\\"
\\\"the most shocking book of its time\\\"
造句
用作形容詞(adj.)
It was shameful of them to surrender. 他們投降是可恥的。
They considered her behaviour a shameful piece of snobbery. 他們認為她為人勢利，行為可恥。
These shameful manoeuvres were aimed at securing his election. 這些可恥的伎倆都是為了能讓他當選。
There is nothing shameful about that, since she was a witch who had used a pillow to deceive him. 這沒有什么對不起人的地方，她是會拿枕頭和他變戲法的女怪。
常用短語
We..consider it especially shameful that..Pope Pius XII should be wrongly portrayed.
出自：Times
Psychiatric treatment was considered a shameful secret.