"cheerfully bearing reproaches but shamefaced at praise"
同义词: sheepish
"the hangdog and shamefaced air of the retreating enemy"
同义词: guilty hangdog shamed
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ADJ If you are shamefaced, you feel embarrassed because you have done something that you know you should not have done. 面带愧色的; 惭愧的 [正式]
There was a long silence, and my father looked shamefaced.
沉默持续了很久,而我的父亲看上去面带愧色。
modest , unassuming
词根: shamefaced
shamefacedly 羞愧地;羞怯地;谦卑地
《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
In introducing this month's theme, I fell just a little shamefaced.
介绍这个月的主题时,我感到有些羞愧。
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A very shamefaced soldier named Achan now stood before Joshua and all of Israel.
现在,满脸羞愧的亚干站在约书亚和以色列人面前。
"You still haven't told us why your salaries are so high, " Luis Villalobos , the group's founder, admonishes a shamefaced man selling spa magazines.
FORBES: Where Angels Dare to Tread
He, at least, had had the grace to be shamefaced.
NEWYORKER: Stone Mattress
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