詞彙精選：dishonour的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義：
n.
不名譽；恥辱；丟臉；丟臉的人或事
例句：
She refuses to see her beloved boy die in such dishonor.
她不願看到她深愛的男友就這樣不名譽地死去。
例句：
You have a choice between death and dishonour.
你可以在死亡和恥辱之間作選擇。
v.
拒付；拒絕承兌 [T]
例句：
We found that the bank had dishonoured some of our cheques.
我們發現銀行拒絕兌現我們的部分支票。
例句：
Enquiry, suggestion, advice or request cannot be deemed to be notice of decision to dishonour.
詢問，建議，忠告或請求不能算作拒付通知。
使丟臉；使喪失名譽 [T]
例句：
It would dishonour my family if I didn't wear the veil.
如果我不戴面紗就會有辱門楣。
例句：
If he be fearful and fainthearted, it will dishonour his god.
他若恐懼、不剛強，就羞辱了上帝。
不履行（諾言等） [T]
例句：
They‘re discussing the dishonoured pledges to British manufacturing.
他們正在議論對英國製造業背棄承諾一事。
二、詞義辨析：
disgrace,humiliate,shame,dishonour
這些動詞均含“使丟臉、使受恥辱”之意。disgrace側重在別人，尤其在衆人面前丟臉。 humiliate強調受辱者自尊心的損壞。shame指由不光彩或不道德的行爲引起的慚愧感或羞恥感。dishonour有時可與disgrace換用，但前者是指因失去榮譽所致。
三、參考例句：
If he be fearful and fainthearted, it will dishonour his god.
他若恐懼、不剛強，就羞辱了上帝。
It would dishonour my family if I didn't wear the veil.
如果我不戴面紗就會有辱門楣。
