embarrassment

英[ɪm'bærəsmənt] 美[ɪm'bærəsmənt]
  • n. 困窘；尴尬；难堪
TEM4
使用频率:
星级词汇:
  • embar v.囚禁；阻遏

详细释义

    n. (名词)
    1. 难堪
    2. 窘迫
    3. 拮据
    4. 使人为难的处境，使人为难的人
    5. 困境
    6. 尴尬
    7. 局促不安
    8. 害羞
    9. 愧疚
    10. 困惑
    11. 窘态
    12. 不如意

英英释义

Noun:
  1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

  2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy);

    "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"

  3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed;

    "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"

  4. extreme excess;

    "an embarrassment of riches"

双语例句

1. She turned scarlet from embarrassment, once she realized what she had done.
她意识到自己做了什么后羞红了脸。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.
一旦披露出去，真相会让人非常尴尬。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government.
报告将政府置于窘境。

来自柯林斯例句

4. I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject.
讨论这个话题太尴尬，我不想让弗朗西斯难堪。

来自柯林斯例句

5. Embarrassment has kept me from doing all sorts of things.
我总是害怕受窘，什么事都不敢去做。

来自柯林斯例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Embarrassment caused the speaker to hesitate .
      困窘使演讲人话语吞吐。
    2. Embarrassment caused blood to flush to her face.
      困窘使血液涌到她的脸上。
    3. We met some financial embarrassment.
      我们遇到一些财务困难。
    4. His ignorant behaviour at the dinner table caused much embarrassment.
      他在餐桌上举止粗鲁，在座的人颇为难堪。
    5. It seems to me now that he sighed and that I tittered to hide my embarrassment.
      在我现在看来，他那时似乎在叹气，而我吃吃地笑是在隐藏我的尴尬。
    6. He's an embarrassment to his family.
      他叫家里人难堪。
    7. Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.
      在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。
    8. I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that.
      他说那话差点儿把我给难堪死了。

用法讲解

shame，disgrace，embarrassment，dishonour
  • 这些名词均含“丢脸，羞愧”之意。
  • 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”。
  • 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。
  • embarrassment多指在社交活动中所遇到的尴尬事。
  • dishonour指失去原来享有的光荣或自尊和自重。

    • 相关词汇

    【邻近词汇】

    embassy embarrass embarrassment of riches embarrassment of friends embarrassment of existence Embarrassment of Spallation embarrassment in ole-age life Embarrassment caused me to hesitate.
    展开全文

    大家正在查

    achalasia是什么意思 achates是什么意思 ache是什么意思 acheb是什么意思 achech是什么意思 achelous是什么意思 achene是什么意思 acheron是什么意思 acheulean是什么意思 acheulian是什么意思