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humiliating

/hyoo-mil-ee-ey-ting or, often, yoo-/US // hyuˈmɪl iˌeɪ tɪŋ or, often, yu- //

羞辱性的,屈辱的,侮辱性的,羞辱性

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.

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Examples

  • Nikola Motor, a would-be Tesla rival that has faced a string of humiliating disasters since entering public markets just over six months ago, announced another one this morning.

  • Once, the noise was so disruptive to the class that the instructor told Varahn to mute herself, which she found humiliating.

  • Russia was also elected, running unopposed and winning 158 votes after failing in its 2016 bid, but Saudi Arabia failed to make the cut-off in what’s seen as a humiliating blow to the kingdom’s attempts to brush up its image.

  • How she hid the humiliating pictures and videos of him masturbating from her boyfriend and young son.

  • As much as China would like to forget its humiliating colonial history, when its territory was carved up by powerful countries, it appears to have no issue with dusting off colonial-era laws to crack down on present-day dissent.

  • In a humiliating turn of events, the ruble has lost about half its value against the dollar so far this year.

  • But in Hebron you see what it means in its most humiliating manifestation.

  • All of which, among other humiliating acts, are recounted in My Crazy Love.

  • Divorce ensued, along with a deluge of humiliating media coverage.

  • Hearing that is a lot easier than hearing something else, but it is not less, well, humiliating and scary, I guess.

  • She checked these useless inquiries; they gave rise to painful and humiliating conjectures.

  • She felt indignant and degraded, and was exceedingly impatient to escape from the humiliating visit.

  • It is a humiliating circumstance that thus evens us with printers!

  • But in single-handed boat sailing this humiliating sense of dependence and inferiority disappears.

  • Somewhat confused by this humiliating avowal, Madame Bodard returned to her place at a faro-table.