shamefacedly
adverb uk/ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪst.li/ /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪ.sɪd.li/ us/ˈʃeɪm.feɪst.li/ /ˌʃeɪmˈfeɪ.sɪd.li/
害羞地;惭愧地
in a way that is awkward and embarrassed, or ashamed
He unlocked the doors, and regarded them rather shamefacedly. 他打开门锁，羞愧地看着他们。
He shamefacedly confessed he had invented the whole story. 他羞愧地承认自己编造了整个故事。
See: shamefaced
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- He held the glass between his hands, staring shamefacedly down at it.
- "I'm ever the control freak," she mumbles shamefacedly.
- A little shamefacedly, Benedict laughed, his colour heightened.