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词汇 shame job
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Definition of shame job in English:

shame job

noun
Australian

  • An action or situation that causes embarrassment.

    it was a shame job in those days to have two children before you were married
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Our clients will often not want anyone present because it is a shame job.
    • To some it doesn't matter; to others it's a shame job.
    • A climate can be created in which achievement is regarded as a 'shame job.'
    • The Government doesn't want this shame job to continue, and the industry is desperate for these proposals to go ahead.
    • The local young fellows call it a shame job in that he was humiliated and made to feel contrition.
    • To fail in his rehabilitation efforts would be to disappoint his boss, and Freddie's pride would not permit it. It would be a 'shame job'.
    • We had a certain standard to aspire to and it would've been a shame job if we couldn't achieve it
    • This has been a vindictive action by certain people and it is a huge shame job on those people.

Origin

1970s (originally Aboriginal English): from shame (in the adjective sense 'self-conscious, embarrassed') + job1.
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