中英互译
embarrass
英 /ɪmˈbærəs/美 /ɪmˈbærəs/
基本释义
- v.(使)尴尬,窘迫;使难堪,使为难;<古>妨碍(人,移动,行动);<古>使困难重重,使复杂化
第三人称单数embarrasses
现在分词embarrassing
过去式embarrassed
过去分词embarrassed
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词语例句
(使)尴尬,窘迫vt.&vi.
六级His clumsiness embarrassed him.
他的笨拙令他尴尬。
As long as the humor is on target, does not embarrass others, is not overdone and is not too frequent, it can reflect positively on its author.
只要这种幽默切中要害,不使人尴尬,不过火,也不太频繁,就能对作者产生积极的影响。
使难堪,使为难vt.
Aides spoke of disposing of records that would embarrass the governor.
助手们谈到了要处理掉那些会给州长找麻烦的记录。
<古>妨碍(人,移动,行动)vt.
The river will embarrass the troop.
河流会牵制军队的行动。
<古>使困难重重,使复杂化vt.
The situation will be embarrassed by such a decision.
这样的决定会让情况复杂化。
- I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends.我并没想当着他的朋友吻他而使他感到难堪。来自《牛津词典》
- When you embarrass me, I'll tell you.你要是使我感到难堪,我就会跟你说的。
- They were my friends, and I just didn't want to embarrass them publicly.他们是我的朋友,我只是不想公开说让他们难堪的话。
网络短语
- embarrass s使窘迫;使负债;使尴尬;使复杂化
- to embarrass过不去;使困窘
- Don't embarrass me不要为难我了;别让我尴尬
- embarrass financially使经济窘迫
- not likely to embarrass others得体的
词语扩展
adj.
embarrassed尴尬的;窘迫的
embarrassing使人尴尬的;令人为难的
n.
embarrassment窘迫,难堪;使人为难的人或事物;拮据
v.
embarrassed使...困窘;使...局促不安(embarrass的过去分词形式)
- puzzle/bewilder/perplex/confuse/embarrass
- puzzle/confound/bewilder/perplex/confuse/distract/embarrass/baffle
词义分布
捉弄
80%
妨碍
20%
英英释义
- v.cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
- v.hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of
- v.to make someone feel shy or ashamed
使窘迫;使羞愧;使尴尬- His mother's behaviour embarrassed him.母亲的举动令他难堪。
词源
- embarrass窘迫em-, 进入,使。bar, 阻止。-ass, 大词后缀,见largess.
- embarrass使窘迫,使为难来源于意大利语imbarazzo(障碍,阻塞)。 词根词缀: em-入,向内 + -barr-栅栏,障碍 + ass
- embarrass使尴尬前缀em表“in,在...里”;词根bar和单词bar同源,即为“条,棒,横木”,-ass为后缀。想象你前后方的道路都被横木封死,你进退两难,便处于“尴尬”境地了。其本义为“阻碍”。类似逻辑如block(阻碍),本义为“树干”,由“置木头于路中”引申为今义。