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5868.Embarrassment 英 ɪm'bærəsmənt Em ]美 释义 N 窘迫,难堪;使人为难的人或事物;拮据 例句

正面 5868.embarrassment
英 [ɪm'bærəsmənt; em-]美 [ɪm'bærəsmənt]

背面
释义:
n. 窘迫,难堪;使人为难的人或事物;拮据
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。

【记法】谐音:一个no认识 【联想】斗大的字一个都不认识,真无知

embarrassment (n.)1670s, "state of being impeded, obstructed, or entangled" (of affairs, etc.), from embarrass + -ment, or from French embarrassement, from embarrasser. As "a mental state of unease," from 1774. Meaning "thing which embarrasses" is from 1729. Earlier words expressing much the same idea include baishment "embarrassment, confusion" (late 14c.); baishednesse (mid-15c.)."

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