embarrassment

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基本釋義

n.
尷尬; 難堪(的事); 使人為難(或難堪)的人

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Much to her embarrassment she realized that everybody had been listening to her singing.

她意識(shí)到大家一直在聽(tīng)她唱歌,感到很不好意思。

牛津詞典

Her resignation will be a severe embarrassment to the party.

她的辭職將使黨處于極度的困境。

牛津詞典

I'm glad you offered─it saved me the embarrassment of having to ask.

你提出幫忙我很高興,省得我厚著臉皮來(lái)問(wèn)你。

牛津詞典

I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that.

他說(shuō)那話(huà)差點(diǎn)兒把我給難堪死了。

牛津詞典

It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low...

酒館水準(zhǔn)之低讓倫敦人覺(jué)得顏面盡失。

I think I would have died of embarrassment...

我覺(jué)得自己難堪得要死。

The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.

貧困數(shù)字毫無(wú)疑問(wèn)讓總統(tǒng)非常難堪。

You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Douglas married you.

從道格拉斯娶你那天起,你就讓我們非常難堪。

The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them.

那家美術(shù)館的問(wèn)題是好作品太多,大多數(shù)作品無(wú)處陳放。

He smiled away her embarrassment.

他以微笑解除了她的窘態(tài).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Their embarrassment convicted them.

他們的窘迫說(shuō)明了他們有錯(cuò)誤.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

Stratford has an embarrassment of riches, what with three theatres and lovely countryside too.

斯特拉福特值得游覽的地方太多了, 有三家劇院,還有可愛(ài)的鄉(xiāng)村.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Her blush told of her embarrassment.

她臉紅顯露出她的困窘.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

The girl's face was aflame with embarrassment.

那姑娘窘得漲紅了臉.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Embarrassment caused me to hesitate.

窘迫使得我(講話(huà))吞吞吐吐.

《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》

She could have died away with embarrassment.

她窘迫得要死.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

His face flushed with embarrassment.

他尷尬得滿(mǎn)臉通紅.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

His face reddened with embarrassment.

他窘得臉都紅了.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

She went crimson with embarrassment.

她羞得滿(mǎn)臉通紅.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

Blushes showed her embarrassment.

她雙頰發(fā)紅,一副窘態(tài).

《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》

Her face was flushed with embarrassment.

她尷尬得滿(mǎn)臉通紅.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned.

這段小插曲令所有有關(guān)人員都感到非常尷尬.

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

He could not hide his embarrassment.

他無(wú)法掩蓋自己的窘態(tài).

《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》

I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that.

他說(shuō)那話(huà)差點(diǎn)兒把我給難堪死了。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

She went bright pink with embarrassment.

她尷尬得滿(mǎn)臉緋紅。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

She went scarlet with embarrassment.

她窘得滿(mǎn)臉通紅。

《牛津高階英漢雙解詞典》

The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment.

政府只是在模棱兩可地拖延時(shí)間,企圖掩蓋自己的政治窘態(tài)。

柯林斯例句

The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them.

那家美術(shù)館的問(wèn)題是好作品太多,大多數(shù)作品無(wú)處陳放。

柯林斯例句

The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.

一旦披露出去,真相會(huì)讓人非常尷尬。

柯林斯例句

It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low.

酒館水準(zhǔn)之低讓倫敦人覺(jué)得顏面盡失。

柯林斯例句

真題例句

But adding Venice to the UNESCO endangered list—which is dominated by sites in developing and conflict- ridden countries—would be an international embarrassment, and could even hurt Italy's profitable tourism industry.

2018年6月四級(jí)真題(第二套)閱讀 Section B

Assuming all goes well, the airport should open in October 2020, but the still empty airport stands as the biggest embarrassment to Germany's reputation for efficiency and a continuing drain on city and state resources.

2019年12月六級(jí)真題(第二套)聽(tīng)力 Section C

They include photos repurposed for inappropriate or illegal means, identity theft, embarrassment, bullying by peers or digital kidnapping.

2018年12月六級(jí)真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

with them, there's not the same embarrassment as when buying one carrot in a little greengrocer.

2013年考研真題(英語(yǔ)二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

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"

同義詞辨析

shame, disgrace, embarrassment, dishonour

這些名詞均含"丟臉,羞愧"之意。

  • shame: 多指因非法婚煙、私生、賣(mài)國(guó)或犯法等而丟失臉面或敗壞名聲,使他人認(rèn)為"丟臉"、"可恥"。
  • disgrace: 常指失去他人的尊敬和稱(chēng)贊而使自己感受到的丟臉、恥辱。
  • embarrassment: 多指在社交活動(dòng)中所遇到的尷尬事。
  • dishonour: 指失去原來(lái)享有的光榮或自尊和自重。

同義詞

n.缺點(diǎn),瑕疵

stainsmudgeblemish

其他釋義

scrape

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