| 单词 | embarrass |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [im'bærəs] |
| 解释 | v.使忸怩，使难堪 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 使某人忸怩(cause sb to feel self-conscious or ashamed) 【考】 embarrass : mortify / indulge : mollycoddle(使人窘迫过分是羞辱 /迁就过分是纵容)embarrass : shame / console : comfort(使人窘迫让人羞愧/ 给人安慰让人舒服) 【记】 em(进入)+barrass(套 子)→进入套子→使难堪 |
| 字源 | embarrass (v.) 1670s, "perplex, throw into doubt," from French embarrasser (16c.), literally "to block," from embarras "obstacle," from Italian imbarrazzo, from imbarrare "to bar," from in- "into, upon" (see in- (2)) + Vulgar Latin *barra "bar." Meaning "hamper, hinder" is from 1680s. Meaning "make (someone) feel awkward" first recorded 1828. Original sense preserved in embarras de richesse (1751), from French (1726): the condition of having more wealth than one knows what to do with. Related: Embarrassed; embarrassing; embarrassingly. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 使窘迫 = disconcert; 使财政困难 【记】em进入, barrass = barrel(n 桶)－使你进入桶里－使难堪 【类】embarrass: mortify = indulge: mollycoddle使窘迫过分是羞辱 = 迁就过分是纵容embarrass: shame = console: comfort使窘迫让人羞愧 = 安慰让人舒服disembarrass: entanglement 使摆脱困境: 纠缠 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】em + bare 赤裸 + ass 臀部→使臀部赤裸自然令人忸怩；in + bar酒吧 + ass 臀部，进了国外酒吧里有露屁股舞，感到窘迫； |
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