humiliate

disgrace, humiliate, shame, dishonour

这些动词均含“使丢脸、使受耻辱”之意。
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。

动词 humiliate:

1. cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of
   同义词：mortify, chagrin, humble, abase

1. He felt humiliated when the teacher scolded him in front of the whole class.
   老师在全班同学面前批评他使他感到羞辱。
2. She was humiliated because her children behaved so badly.
   她为她的孩子表现不好而感到羞辱。