의미:
disgraces
dis·grace n.
1 [U] 불명예,
망신(dishonor), 치욕(shame)
[유의어] disgrace 남의 존경·호의를 잃는 일:Poverty is no disgrace. 가난은 불명예가 아니다. Dishonor 자기 행위에 의해 명예·자존심을 잃는 일:prefer death to life with dishonor 치욕적으로 사느니 죽음을 택하다 shame 남에게 모멸을 당하고 느끼는 수치로서, 자신 아닌 남의 행위 등의 결과인 경우가 많음:bring shame to one’s family 가문의 명예를 더럽히다
2 망신거리; [a disgrace] 망신시키는 것 《to》
3 [U] 눈 밖에 나 있음, 인기 없음(disfavor)
be a disgrace to …의 망신이다; …의 명예 훼손이다
bring disgrace on one’s family (가문)을 더럽히다
fall into disgrace …의 총애를 잃다 《with》
in disgrace 망신하여; (특히 어린아이가 어른의) 눈 밖에 나서
━ vt.
1 <…의> 수치가 되다; 욕보이다, <이름을> 더럽히다(dishonor)
2 [보통 수동형으로] 총애를 잃게 하다; <관리 등을> (벌로서) 면직[파면]하다
disgrace one
self 망신을 당하다
dis·grác·er n.▷ disgràceful
a.
be in somebody's good graces 관용구
in her good graces
being liked by her, doing what she likes If you are in her good graces, you will be invited to her tea party.
airs and graces
London cockney rhyming slang for faces/braces/Epsom races
in one's bad graces|bad graces|graces
adj. phr. Not approved by; not liked by.
John was in his mother's bad graces because he spilled his milk on the tablecloth. Don got in the bad graces of the teacher by laughing at her hat. Compare: DOWN ON, IN BAD, OUT OF FAVOR.
Antonym: IN ONE S GOOD GRACES.
in one's good books|books|good books|good graces|g
adv. phr. Approved of by you; liked by someone.
Ruth is in her mother's good graces because she ate all her supper. Bill is back in the good graces of his girlfriend because he gave her a box of candy. Compare: IN GOOD.
Antonym: IN ONE'S BAD GRACES.
good graces
good graces see
in someone's good graces.
in someone's bad graces
in someone's bad graces Also,
in someone's bad books. Out of favor with someone. For example,
Harry's tardiness put him in the teacher's bad graces, or
Making fun of the director is bound to get you in his bad books. The use of
grace in the sense of “favor” dates from the 1400s; the use of
books dates from the early 1800s. Also see
black book, def. 1;
in someone's good graces.
in someone's good graces
in someone's good graces Also,
in someone's good books;
in the good graces of. In someone's favor or good opinion, as in
Ruth is back in her mother's good graces, or
Bill is anxious to get in the boss's good books, or
She was always in the good graces of whoever happened to be in charge. The use of
good grace dates from the 1400s,
grace alluding to the condition of being favored;
good books dates from the early 1800s. One antonym is
out of someone's good graces, as in
Walking out on his speech got him out of the professor's good graces. Another is
in someone's bad graces.
be in (one's) acceptable graces
To be in one's favor; to accept becoming one's approval or regard. John's been in my acceptable graces anytime back he helped get me out of debt. I was absolutely not in Mary's acceptable graces for a while afterwards I absent her cat.Learn more: good, gracebe in somebody’s acceptable ˈgraces
(formal) accept somebody’s approval and be admired by them: Having bought them all dinner, he is now durably in their acceptable graces.Learn more: good, grace