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embarrassment

/ɪmˈbærəsmənt/ /ɪmˈbærəsmənt/
  • n.
    尴尬,难堪;使人难堪的人(或事);拮据,经济困难;(可供挑选的)众多事物
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词语例句

  1. 尴尬,难堪un.

    六级
    • I think I would have died of embarrassment.

      我觉得我一定会尴尬得要死。

    • Assuming all goes well, the airport should open in October 2020, but the still empty airport stands as the biggest embarrassment to Germany's reputation for efficiency and a continuing drain on city and state resources.

      假设一切顺利,该机场将于2020年10月开放,但仍然空空如也的机场将使德国以效率闻名的声誉陷入最大的窘境,也是对城市和国家资源的持续消耗。

  2. 使人难堪的人(或事)cn.

    四级
    • You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Doug married you.

      自从你和道格结婚的那天起你对我们来讲一直是个丢脸的人。

    • The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.

      这些贫困数字无疑是令总统难堪的一件事。

    • The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.

      这个结果让政府非常尴尬。

  3. 拮据,经济困难n.

    • He needs to get over his financial embarrassment temporarily.

      他需要暂时克服一下经济困难。

  4. (可供挑选的)众多事物cn.

    • They gave us an embarrassment of options.

      他们给了我们很多种选择。

  1. Embarrassment rooted her to the spot.
    她尴尬得呆住了。
    来自《牛津词典》
  2. She couldn't disguise her glee at their embarrassment.
    看到他们难堪的样子她不禁喜形于色。
    来自《牛津词典》
  3. She blushed with embarrassment.
    她难为情得脸红了。
    来自《牛津词典》

相关短语

  • role embarrassment
    角色尴尬
  • living embarrassment
    生存尴尬
  • life embarrassment
    人生困境
  • learning embarrassment
    学习问题
  • moral embarrassment
    道义困境

词语扩展

n.
窘迫,难堪;使人为难的人或事物;拮据
adj.
embarrassed尴尬的;窘迫的
embarrassing使人尴尬的;令人为难的
adv.
embarrassingly使人尴尬地;令人难堪地
v.
embarrassed使...困窘;使...局促不安(embarrass的过去分词形式)
  • shame/embarrassment/disgrace/dishonour
    • shame多指因非法婚烟、私生、卖国或犯法等而丢失脸面或败坏名声,使他人认为“丢脸”、“可耻”。
    • embarrassment多指在社交活动中所遇到的尴尬事。
    • disgrace常指失去他人的尊敬和称赞而使自己感受到的丢脸、耻辱。
    • dishonour指失去原来享有的光荣或自尊和自重。

词义分布

难堪
63.7%
窘迫
26.2%
拮据
3.8%
尴尬局面
3.8%
窘相
2.5%

英英释义

  • n.the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
  • n.the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
  • n.some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
  • n.extreme excess
  1. n.
    the feeling you have when you are embarrassed
    窘迫;羞愧;尴尬
    • I feel no embarrassment at making mistakes.
      我对犯错毫不介意。

词源

  • embarrassment
    From embarrass +‎ -ment