课本中不会教你的[A]76　ashamed，shameful和shameless

76　ashamed，shameful和shameless

① ashamed意为“感到羞耻，觉得惭愧”，主语是人，表示主语主观认为是可耻的。比较不同的含义：

be ashamed of doing sth.

be ashamed of oneself for doing sth. 做了某事而感到羞愧

I'm ashamed of him. 我为他感到可耻。

Now don't you be ashamed of being poor. 不要因贫穷而感到羞耻。

I'm ashamed of myself for having stayed so long. 我待了这么久，真是不好意思。

I'm quite ashamed to have to trouble you. 不得不打扰你，我感到非常惭愧。

I'm ashamed to leave you this way. 就这样离开你，我感到惭愧。

He is now ashamed from his conduct.

He is now ashamed of his conduct.

他现在对自己的行为感到羞耻。

② shameful表示“可耻的，丢脸的”，可作表语或定语，表示事物本身是“可耻的”，指事物，不指人。

It is a shameful act. 那是一种可耻的行为。

We thought his behaviour was shameful. 我们认为他的行为是可耻的。

③ shameless表示“厚颜无耻的，无耻的”，可作定语或表语，可指人或物。

a shameless person一个无耻之徒

shameless disloyalty无耻的背叛