embarrassment是什么意思？

embarrassment

英[ɪmˈbærəsmənt] 美[ɛmˈbærəsmənt]

• n. 窘迫，难堪，令人难堪或耻辱的事；

复数：embarrassments;

例句

• She could have died away with embarrassment. 她窘迫得要死。
• feeling sweaty with embarrassment 由于尴尬而感觉汗津津
• Her face was flushed with embarrassment. 她尴尬得满脸通红。
• The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned. 这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
• He could not hide his embarrassment. 他无法掩盖自己的窘态。
• She went crimson with embarrassment. 她羞得满脸通红。
• The girl’s face was aflame with embarrassment. 那姑娘窘得涨红了脸。
• Stratford has an embarrassment of riches, what with three theatres and lovely countryside too. 斯特拉福特值得游览的地方太多了, 有三家剧院,还有可爱的乡村.
• The martyrdom of Archbishop Cranmer, said the don at last, grimacing with embarrassment. 最后那位老师尴尬地做个鬼脸, 说,这是大主教克莱默的殉道士.
• The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment. 这个话题让她难堪得坐立不安。

同义词

• n.
  embarrassment的同义词之：困境,为难
  plight, difficulty, dilemma, predicament, quandary, bind, rub,
  embarrassment的同义词之：妨碍
  hindrance, obstacle, rub, impediment, encumbrance, snag,
  embarrassment的同义词之：窘迫
  uneasiness, face, chagrin, on, mortification, egg, abashment, one's, discomfort, uncomfortableness, humiliation, self-consciousness, shame, discomposure,
  embarrassment的同义词之：缺点,瑕疵
  stain, smudge, blemish,
  embarrassment的同义词之：过多,多余物
  overabundance, superabundance, excess, repletion, surplusage, superfluity, glut,
• embarrassment的同义词之：其他释义
  scrape,

同义词解析

• 以下这些名词均包含 "丢脸，羞愧" 的意思
  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"。
  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。
  embarrassment：多指在社交活动中所遇到的尴尬事。
  dishonour：指失去原来享有的光荣或自尊和自重。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-VAR
  尴尬;难堪;窘迫
  Embarrassment is the feeling you have when you are embarrassed.
  例句
  It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low... 酒馆水准之低让伦敦人觉得颜面尽失。 I think I would have died of embarrassment... 我觉得自己难堪得要死。
• N-COUNT
  麻烦;难题;难堪的事
  An embarrassment is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group.
  例句
  The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president. 贫困数字毫无疑问让总统非常难堪。
• N-SING
  使人为难(或难堪)的人
  If you refer to a person as an embarrassment, you mean that you disapprove of them but cannot avoid your connection with them.
  例句
  You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Douglas married you. 从道格拉斯娶你那天起，你就让我们非常难堪。
• PHRASE
  好东西太多而成了问题
  If you say that someone has an embarrassment of riches, you mean that they have so many good things that these things are a problem.
  例句
  The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them. 那家美术馆的问题是好作品太多，大多数作品无处陈放。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  尴尬;难堪;局促不安
  He could not hide his embarrassment. 他无法掩盖自己的窘态。 The episode was a huge embarrassment for all concerned. 这段小插曲令所有有关人员都感到非常尴尬。
  富人的苦恼；好东西太多无法作选择
  Stratford has an embarrassment of riches, what with three theatres and lovely countryside too. 斯特拉福特值得游览的地方太多了，有三家剧院，还有可爱的乡村。

英英词典释义

• 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"