put somebody/something to shame

BETTERto be so much better than someone or something else that it makes the other thing seem very bad or ordinary 使某人/某物黯然失色，使某人/某物相形见绌

His cooking puts mine to shame.

他的厨艺让我自愧不如。

Examples from the Corpus

put somebody/something to shame• The cruel truth is that some animals put some humans to shame.• The elegant way she was dressed put the rest of us to shame.• He puts us all to shame.• They scarcely left it for the next two weeks, their passion putting her dreams to shame.• Matt's gourmet dinner really put my cooking to shame.• He interviewed many of them, recording every detail with a care that put sighted journalists to shame.• He was immediately given some money which he took with the kind of abundant gratitude that puts the giver to shame.• Acapulco is a cosmopolitan city with a nightlife that puts Rio to shame.• They put the Instamatic to shame.

→ put somebody/something to shame at shame1(3)

词汇	put somebody/something to shame
释义	put somebody/something to shame put somebody/something to shame BETTERto be so much better than someone or something else that it makes the other thing seem very bad or ordinary 使某人/某物黯然失色，使某人/某物相形见绌 His cooking puts mine to shame. 他的厨艺让我自愧不如。 Examples from the Corpus put somebody/something to shame• The cruel truth is that some animals put some humans to shame.• The elegant way she was dressed put the rest of us to shame.• He puts us all to shame.• They scarcely left it for the next two weeks, their passion putting her dreams to shame.• Matt's gourmet dinner really put my cooking to shame.• He interviewed many of them, recording every detail with a care that put sighted journalists to shame.• He was immediately given some money which he took with the kind of abundant gratitude that puts the giver to shame.• Acapulco is a cosmopolitan city with a nightlife that puts Rio to shame.• They put the Instamatic to shame. → put somebody/something to shame at shame1(3)
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