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embarrassment n.困窘；尴尬；难堪 (1) 困窘使演讲人话语吞吐。(2) 困窘使血液涌到她的脸上。(3) 我们遇到一些财务困难。(4) 他在餐桌上举止粗鲁，在座的人颇为难堪。(5) 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) 他叫家里人难堪。(7) 在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。(8) 他说那话差点儿把我给难堪死了。 Something that makes you blush — like when ten people rush up to tell you how great your tuba solo was or realizing that you left the house in your pajama bottoms — causes you embarrassment. The person or thing that makes you feel awkward and ashamed can also be described as an embarrassment. To avoid embarrassment, remember to double the r's and s's when you spell embarrassment.

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英 [ɪm'bærəsmənt] 美 [ɪm'bærəsmənt] (1) Embarrassment caused the speaker to hesitate .(2) Embarrassment caused blood to flush to her face.(3) We met some financial embarrassment.(4) His ignorant behaviour at the dinner table caused much embarrassment.(5) It seems to me now that he sighed and that I tittered to hide my embarrassment.(6) He's an embarrassment to his family.(7) Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.(8) I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that. When you feel embarrassment, you are self-conscious or ashamed. Embarrassment might keep you from wearing your Statue of Liberty Halloween costume in public. 1[N-VAR 可变名词]尴尬；难堪；窘迫 Embarrassment is the feeling you have when you are embarrassed.   [oft N prep]It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low...酒馆水准之低让伦敦人觉得颜面尽失。I think I would have died of embarrassment...我觉得自己难堪得要死。We apologise for any embarrassment this may have caused.我们为因此可能带来的尴尬表示歉意。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]麻烦；难题；难堪的事 An embarrassment is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group.   [usu with supp]The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.贫困数字毫无疑问让总统非常难堪。3[N-SING 单数名词]使人为难(或难堪)的人 If you refer to a person as an embarrassment, you mean that you disapprove of them but cannot avoid your connection with them.   [a N]  [disapproval]You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Douglas married you.从道格拉斯娶你那天起，你就让我们非常难堪。4[PHRASE 短语]好东西太多而成了问题 If you say that someone has an embarrassment of riches, you mean that they have so many good things that these things are a problem. The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them.那家美术馆的问题是好作品太多，大多数作品无处陈放。

英语单词	embarrassment
英美音标	英 [ɪm'bærəsmənt] 美 [ɪm'bærəsmənt]
中文释义	n.困窘；尴尬；难堪
英语例句	(1) Embarrassment caused the speaker to hesitate . (2) Embarrassment caused blood to flush to her face. (3) We met some financial embarrassment. (4) His ignorant behaviour at the dinner table caused much embarrassment. (5) It seems to me now that he sighed and that I tittered to hide my embarrassment. (6) He's an embarrassment to his family. (7) Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment. (8) I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that.
中文例句	(1) 困窘使演讲人话语吞吐。 (2) 困窘使血液涌到她的脸上。 (3) 我们遇到一些财务困难。 (4) 他在餐桌上举止粗鲁，在座的人颇为难堪。 (5) 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) 他叫家里人难堪。 (7) 在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。 (8) 他说那话差点儿把我给难堪死了。
vocabulary简明	When you feel embarrassment, you are self-conscious or ashamed. Embarrassment might keep you from wearing your Statue of Liberty Halloween costume in public.
vocabulary扩展	Something that makes you blush — like when ten people rush up to tell you how great your tuba solo was or realizing that you left the house in your pajama bottoms — causes you embarrassment. The person or thing that makes you feel awkward and ashamed can also be described as an embarrassment. To avoid embarrassment, remember to double the r's and s's when you spell embarrassment.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-VAR 可变名词]尴尬；难堪；窘迫 Embarrassment is the feeling you have when you are embarrassed. [oft N prep] It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low... 酒馆水准之低让伦敦人觉得颜面尽失。 I think I would have died of embarrassment... 我觉得自己难堪得要死。 We apologise for any embarrassment this may have caused. 我们为因此可能带来的尴尬表示歉意。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]麻烦；难题；难堪的事 An embarrassment is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group. [usu with supp] The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president. 贫困数字毫无疑问让总统非常难堪。 3 [N-SING 单数名词]使人为难(或难堪)的人 If you refer to a person as an embarrassment, you mean that you disapprove of them but cannot avoid your connection with them. [a N] [disapproval] You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Douglas married you. 从道格拉斯娶你那天起，你就让我们非常难堪。 4 [PHRASE 短语]好东西太多而成了问题 If you say that someone has an embarrassment of riches, you mean that they have so many good things that these things are a problem. The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them. 那家美术馆的问题是好作品太多，大多数作品无处陈放。

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