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embarrassing adj.令人为难的；尴尬的 (1) 这有点叫人难为情。(2) 我不喜欢在公开场合演说，太难为情了。(3) 他以笑来解除这种尴尬的处境。 It's really embarrassing how many people misspell embarrassing. The word has two r's and two s's but you might forget and leave one of them out. Imagine how embarrassing it would be if you were winning the third grade spelling bee and got the word embarrassing wrong. You know everyone would be talking about it. How embarrassing!

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英 [ɪm'bærəsɪŋ] 美 [ɪm'bærəsɪŋ] (1) It's sort of embarrassing.(2) I don't like making speeches in public; it's so embarrassing.(3) He laughed off an embarrassing situation. Use the adjective embarrassing to describe something that is shameful or humiliating. You probably have a few embarrassing stories that you'd rather not remember, but your siblings are always happy to bring them up at holidays. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人害羞的；让人难堪的；令人尴尬的 Something that is embarrassing makes you feel shy or ashamed. That was an embarrassing situation for me...那种情形让我难堪。Men find it embarrassing to be honest.实话实说让男人觉得难为情。embarrassinglyThe lyrics of the song are embarrassingly banal...那首歌的歌词非常老套，令人难堪。Stephens had beaten him embarrassingly easily.斯蒂芬斯轻松击败了他，让他颜面尽失。2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]惹麻烦的；使难堪的 Something that is embarrassing to a public figure such as a politician or an organization such as a political party causes problems for them.   [oft ADJ to n]He has put the Bonn government in an embarrassing position...他将波恩政府置于窘地。The speech was deeply embarrassing to Cabinet ministers.这席话让内阁大臣们非常难堪。

英语单词	embarrassing
英美音标	英 [ɪm'bærəsɪŋ] 美 [ɪm'bærəsɪŋ]
中文释义	adj.令人为难的；尴尬的
英语例句	(1) It's sort of embarrassing. (2) I don't like making speeches in public; it's so embarrassing. (3) He laughed off an embarrassing situation.
中文例句	(1) 这有点叫人难为情。 (2) 我不喜欢在公开场合演说，太难为情了。 (3) 他以笑来解除这种尴尬的处境。
vocabulary简明	Use the adjective embarrassing to describe something that is shameful or humiliating. You probably have a few embarrassing stories that you'd rather not remember, but your siblings are always happy to bring them up at holidays.
vocabulary扩展	It's really embarrassing how many people misspell embarrassing. The word has two r's and two s's but you might forget and leave one of them out. Imagine how embarrassing it would be if you were winning the third grade spelling bee and got the word embarrassing wrong. You know everyone would be talking about it. How embarrassing!
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]令人害羞的；让人难堪的；令人尴尬的 Something that is embarrassing makes you feel shy or ashamed. That was an embarrassing situation for me... 那种情形让我难堪。 Men find it embarrassing to be honest. 实话实说让男人觉得难为情。 embarrassingly The lyrics of the song are embarrassingly banal... 那首歌的歌词非常老套，令人难堪。 Stephens had beaten him embarrassingly easily. 斯蒂芬斯轻松击败了他，让他颜面尽失。 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]惹麻烦的；使难堪的 Something that is embarrassing to a public figure such as a politician or an organization such as a political party causes problems for them. [oft ADJ to n] He has put the Bonn government in an embarrassing position... 他将波恩政府置于窘地。 The speech was deeply embarrassing to Cabinet ministers. 这席话让内阁大臣们非常难堪。

Embarrassing Word S Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Ly 英 ɪm'bærəsɪŋ] 美