humiliate

🇬🇧/hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/ 🇺🇸/hjuːˈmɪlieɪt/
VCE 📚 9538 1 考研 托福 雅思
To humiliate someone means to say or do something which makes them feel ashamed or stupid. 使蒙羞

verb [vt. 及物动词] 羞辱,使蒙羞

She had been beaten and humiliated by her husband. 她曾被丈夫殴打和羞辱。

后缀: ate 【verb/adjective】 表示使成为或具有某种特性的 - indicating to make or become 原词: humiliate 是通过后缀 【ate】 构成的派生词
hum (地) + ili + ate (使…) → 使趴在地上 → 使屈辱
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