・He is [His poverty is, They are] the shame of the family [town]. 彼[彼の貧乏, 彼ら]は家[町]の面汚しだ.

4 ひどいこと, 残念なこと; ひどい仕打ち.

・It's an awful [a dreadful] shame not to give children enough to eat [when children aren't given enough to eat]. 子供たちに十分食べさせないとは随分ひどい話だ.

・It's a shame (that) you cannot go there. そちらへ行けなくて残念.

・It would be a shame if you did not go there. もしそちらへ行かないなら残念なことになろう.

5 《古》 (婦女の)不品行.

・a life of shame 醜業.

cr shme upn (これはひどい, 恥さらしだと言って)…を非難する. 《1598-99》