（动词）羞辱；使丢脸；贬低他人，使其感到自尊受损。常指在他人面前让某人难堪。（另有较少见用法：使“卑微/降低”）
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She tried to humiliate him in front of his classmates.
她试图在他的同学面前羞辱他。
He felt humiliated when his boss mocked his accent during the meeting, which damaged his confidence for weeks.
老板在会议上嘲笑他的口音，他感到非常受辱，这让他的自信受挫了好几周。
humiliate 来自拉丁语 humilis（“低的、卑微的”）以及相关动词形式，原意有“使变得卑微/降低”的含义；在现代英语中更常用来表示“通过贬低让人感到羞耻与难堪”，语义从“降低地位”发展为“伤害尊严”。
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