embarrasses是什么意思？

embarrasses

使人难堪

例句

• Sex is a subject he prefers to pass over, eg because it embarrasses him. 关于性这一问题他尽量回避(如因使他尴尬).
• To accept ( these sumptuous gifts ) embarrasses me , but to refuse them would be unmannerly. 却之不恭,受之有愧.
• He embarrasses discussion of the simplest subject by use of the difficult technical terms. 他用难懂的专门字眼使最简单的题目讨论复杂化了.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  使尴尬;使窘迫;使害羞
  If something or someone embarrasses you, they make you feel shy or ashamed.
  例句
  His clumsiness embarrassed him... 他因自己的笨拙而感到尴尬。 It embarrassed him that he had no idea of what was going on. 对所发生的事情一无所知，这让他很难堪。
• VERB
  使（公众人物、组织等）难堪;给…出难题
  If something embarrasses a public figure such as a politician or an organization such as a political party, it causes problems for them.
  例句
  The Republicans are trying to embarrass the president by thwarting his economic program... 共和党人企图通过阻挠总统的经济计划使其难堪。 The Government has been embarrassed by the affair. 这件事给政府出了难题。