embarrassment

美 [ɪmˈberəsmənt]
英 [ɪmˈbærəsmənt]
  • n.窘迫；难堪；困境；害羞
  • 网络尴尬；困窘；某人尴尬的
复数：embarrassments  

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embarrassment
n.
1.
[u]
害羞；窘迫；愧疚；难堪shy, awkward or guilty feelings; a feeling of being embarrassed
I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that.
他说那话差点儿把我给难堪死了。
I'm glad you offered─it saved me the embarrassment of having to ask.
你提出帮忙我很高兴，省得我厚着脸皮来问你。
Much to her embarrassment she realized that everybody had been listening to her singing.
她意识到大家一直在听她唱歌，感到很不好意思。
2.
[c]
~ (to/for sb)
使人为难的处境；困境a situation which causes problems for sb
Her resignation will be a severe embarrassment to the party.
她的辞职将使党处于极度的困境。
3.
[c]
~ (to sb)
令人为难（或难堪、尴尬）的人a person who causes problems for another person or other people and makes them feel embarrassed

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全部全部,窘迫窘迫,难堪难堪,困境困境,害羞害羞,尴尬尴尬,困窘困窘,某人尴尬的某人尴尬的
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1.
An old man who sold tobacco, seeing that I was taking a picture of him, got fidgeted and hurriedly adjusted his clothes in embarrassment.
那位卖烟草的大爷，发现我在拍他，立刻露出笑容，不好意思地整理了一下衣服；
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2.
Maybe the tide is beginning to turn, ever so slowly, against infibulation, and at least we're seeing some embarrassment about the practice.
也许风向正在发生改变，尽管十分缓慢，但至少我们看到了阴部扣锁这种习俗遭到了一些难堪。
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3.
The expansion into non-core activities was one of the basic factors that led to the company's public embarrassment.
向非核心业务扩张，是造成该公司公开出丑的根本原因之一。
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4.
He wanted to tell John how surprised he was at his knowledge but embarrassment made him hold his peace.
他想告诉约翰，他没有料到他的知识有这么渊博，但是觉得有些不好意思，没有说出口。
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5.
It is all above board, you can do it in office hours and with none of the embarrassment of being on Match. com.
整个过程光明正大，可以在上班时间完成，完全不会有被同事抓到你在看正宗交友网站Match.com的那种尴尬。
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6.
He looked away quickly, more quickly than I could, though in a flush of embarrassment I dropped my eyes at once.
他很快收回了目光，比我还快，尽管我立刻就红着脸尴尬得垂下了眼。
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7.
And then the embarrassment is going to be crippling, to me, to the luckless company and to the Financial Times.
而后，这种困窘必然给我本人、那家不幸的公司、以及英国《金融时报》造成极大的伤害。
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8.
This is often accompanied by feelings of embarrassment and shame, but occasionally with the feeling of pride or freedom.
这种梦境情节中经常表现自己感到困窘或害羞，但有时也有一种获得自由的自豪感。
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9.
But he might be taken aback by the popular sympathy for his plight. So might the authorities: the case has become an embarrassment.
但社会公众对其处境的同情让当局很是尴尬，案件的判定可能会受到影响。
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10.
When a friend brought a kilo of beef that her mother had stolen for us from her factory canteen, my embarrassment turned to shame.
有一位朋友给我们带来了一公斤牛肉，是她母亲为我们从工厂食堂里偷来的，这时我的尴尬简直变成羞愧了。
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