embarrassment
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n. 窘迫，难堪；使人为难的人或事物；拮据
n.
窘迫；难堪；令人难堪或耻辱的事；
变形
复数：embarrassments
英英释义
embarrassment[ im'bærəsmənt ]
n.
the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
"he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
"the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
extreme excess
"an embarrassment of riches"
同义词：overplusplethorasuperfluity
同近义词辨析
shame, embarrassment, disgrace, dishonour这组词都有“丢脸，羞愧”的意思，其区别是：
shame多指因非法婚烟、私生、卖国或犯法等而丢失脸面或败坏名声，使他人认为“丢脸”、“可耻”。
embarrassment多指在社交活动中所遇到的尴尬事。
disgrace常指失去他人的尊敬和称赞而使自己感受到的丢脸、耻辱。
dishonour指失去原来享有的光荣或自尊和自重。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
Embarrassment caused the speaker to hesitate .
困窘使演讲人话语吞吐。
Embarrassment caused blood to flush to her face.
困窘使血液涌到她的脸上。
We met some financial embarrassment.
我们遇到一些财务困难。
His ignorant behaviour at the dinner table caused much embarrassment.
他在餐桌上举止粗鲁，在座的人颇为难堪。
It seems to me now that he sighed and that I tittered to hide my embarrassment.
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。
He's an embarrassment to his family.
他叫家里人难堪。
Coughing at a concert can be a real embarrassment.
在音乐会上咳嗽真会使人难堪。
I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that.
他说那话差点儿把我给难堪死了。
权威例句
Embarrassment and social organization.An Embarrassment of Riches: Too Many Geese
LTP and LTD: an embarrassment of riches.
Embarrassment: its distinct form and appeasement functions
Are Shame, Guilt, and Embarrassment Distinct Emotions?
Diversity in T cell memory: An embarrassment of riches
Self-conscious emotions: Embarrassment, pride, shame, and guilt.
Embarrassment: Its distinct form and appeasement functions. Psychological Bulletin, 122(3), 250-270
High-throughput bacterial genome sequencing: an embarrassment of choice, a world of opportunity
Signs of appeasement: Evidence for the distinct displays of embarrassment, amusement, and shame.
embarrassment (n.)
1670s, "state of being impeded, obstructed, or entangled" (of affairs, etc.), from embarrass + -ment, or from French embarrassement, from embarrasser. As "a mental state of unease," from 1774. Meaning "thing which embarrasses" is from 1729. Earlier words expressing much the same idea include baishment "embarrassment, confusion" (late 14c.); baishednesse (mid-15c.).
1. Embarrassment rooted her to the spot.
她尴尬得呆住了。
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2. I think I would have died of embarrassment.
我觉得我一定会尴尬得要死。
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3. I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that.
他说那话差点儿把我给难堪死了。
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4. She couldn't disguise her glee at their embarrassment.
看到他们难堪的样子她不禁喜形于色。
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5. We apologize for any embarrassment this may have caused.
我们为可能会带来的任何尴尬而道歉。
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6. The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.
如果公开的话，这些事实可能会引起尴尬。
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7. Mention sex therapy and most people will titter in embarrassment.
提到性疗法，许多人会尴尬地窃笑。
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8. I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject.
我想使弗朗西丝免遭讨论这个话题的尴尬。
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9. She groaned at the memory, suffering all over again the excruciating embarrassment of those moments.
她在回忆中呻吟，又一次饱尝那时所经历的极度困窘。
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10. There were shrieks of embarrassment, mingled with giggles, from some of the girls as they struggled to protect their modesty.
有些女孩子努力要保持端庄，但还是发出了尴尬的尖叫声，其中还夹杂着咯咯的笑声。
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11. He tried to hide his embarrassment by telling jokes.
他想通过讲笑话来掩饰尴尬。
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12. Asking does not cost a moment of embarrassment, but do not ask embarrass our entire lives.
询问并不会造成片刻的尴尬，但是不问会让我们的整个生活都很尴尬。
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13. With them, there's not the same embarrassment as when buying one carrot in a little greengrocer.
有了它们，就不会像在小蔬菜水果店里买一根胡萝卜那样尴尬了。
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14. If we do, they tell us, we will be able to meet new people with confidence and deal with every situation confidently and without embarrassment.
他们告诉我们，如果我们这样做了，我们将能够有信心和陌生人见面，并自信地处理每一种情况而不会尴尬。
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15. As every policeman knows, external controls on people's behavior are far less effective than internal restraints such as guilt, shame and embarrassment.
正如每个警察都知道的那样，对人们行为的外部控制远不如内部约束有效，比如内疚、羞愧和尴尬。
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16. If you don't want to sound impolite, or cause embarrassment or distress of any kind to the person you're talking to, you should learn to use tactful and tentative forms in your English.
如果你不想听起来不礼貌，或对与你谈话的人造成任何形式的尴尬或窘迫，你应该学会在你的英语中使用委婉试探性的话语。
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17. She blushed with embarrassment.
她难为情得脸红了。
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18. His face glowed with embarrassment.
他窘得满脸通红。
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19. She went scarlet with embarrassment.
她窘得满脸通红。
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20. Her cheeks burned with embarrassment.
她的面颊羞得发烫。
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21. Her cheeks were hot with embarrassment.
她的双颊窘得发烫。
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22. She went bright pink with embarrassment.
她尴尬得满脸绯红。
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23. He could feel his face reddening with embarrassment.
他能感到自己因为尴尬而脸红了。
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24. Embarrassment has kept me from doing all sorts of things.
难为情使得我什么也做不了。
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25. Her resignation will be a severe embarrassment to the party.
她的辞职将使党处于极度的困境。
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26. This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington.
这一事件必然使华盛顿大为尴尬。
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27. You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Doug married you.
自从你和道格结婚的那天起你对我们来讲一直是个丢脸的人。
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28. 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。
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29. The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.
这些贫困数字无疑是令总统难堪的一件事。
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30. 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。
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