embarrass

[US]/ɪmˈbærəs/
[UK]/ɪmˈbærəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. & vi. (使)窘迫;(使)侷促不安;(使)困難
vt. 使複雜化使拮据
Word Forms
現在分詞embarrassing
第三人稱單數embarrasses
過去分詞embarrassed
過去式embarrassed

Phrases & Collocations

feel embarrassed

感到尷尬

Example Sentences

He was embarrassed by debts.

他因債務而侷促不安。

He was embarrassed by many debts.

他被大量債務纏身。

The recall of the Ambassador was embarrassing for the country.

大使被召回使這個國家感到難堪。

an embarrassed silence

難堪的沉默

a deeply embarrassing moment

非常令人尷尬的時刻

The accident rattled me.See Synonyms at embarrass

事故使我不安參見 embarrass

She may embarrass you with her uncouth behavior.

她的粗野行爲可能會讓你尷尬。

he would be embarrassed by estate duty.

房地產遺產稅會使他陷入經濟困境。

the state of the rivers will embarrass the enemy in a considerable degree.

各河流的水情會在很大程度上牽制敵人的行動。

he became embarrassed at his own effusiveness.

他爲自己過於熱情而感到不好意思。

make with the feet, honey—you're embarrassing Jim.

走吧,親愛的——你讓吉姆難堪了。

I was quite embarrassed, actually.

實際上,我感到相當尷尬。

sometimes it is embarrassing, but there you go.

有時這令人尷尬,但沒辦法。

The decline of sales embarrassed the company.

銷路下降使公司陷於財政困難。

Our progress was embarrassed by lots of baggage.

大量的行李使我們行進困難。

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