embarrass 英 [ɪmˈbærəs] 　 美 [ɛmˈbærəs]

embarrass

embarrass　 英 [ɪmˈbærəs] 美 [ɛmˈbærəs]

vt. 使窘迫，使尴尬　

进行时:embarrassing　 过去式:embarrassed　 过去分词:embarrassed　 第三人称单数:embarrasses　

Her questions about my private life embarrassed me.　她询问我的私生活使我感到很尴尬。
I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends.　我并不想当着他的朋友吻他而使他感到难堪。

  • If you embarrass someone, you make them feel self-conscious, awkward, or even stupid. Your mom might embarrass you by inviting your date to check out your childhood photos.
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  • vt. 使窘迫，使尴尬

  • 1. Her questions about my private life embarrassed me.

    她询问我的私生活使我感到很尴尬。

  • 2. I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends.

    我并不想当着他的朋友吻他而使他感到难堪。

  • 3. It embarrassed her to meet strange men in the corridor at night.

    夜里在走廊上遇见陌生男人使她感到很不好意思。

  • embarrass (v.) 1670s, "perplex, throw into doubt," from French embarrasser (16c.), literally "to block," from Italian imbarrazzo, from imbarrare "to bar," from assimilated form of in- "into, upon" (from PIE root *en "in") + Vulgar Latin *barra "bar" (see bar (n.1)).
em·bar·rass ★ / ɪmˈbærəs ; NAmE ɪmˈbærəs / verb 1 ★ to make sb feel shy, awkward or ashamed, especially in a social situation （尤指在社交场合）使窘迫，使尴尬 embarrasssb ◆ Her questions about my private life embarrassed me. 她询问我的私生活使我感到很尴尬。 ◆ I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends. 我并不想当着他的朋友吻他而使他感到难堪。 it embarrasses sb to do sth ◆ It embarrassed her to meet strange men in the corridor at night. 夜里在走廊上遇见陌生男人使她感到很不好意思。 2 ★ embarrasssb to cause problems or difficulties for sb 使困惑；使为难；使陷入困境 ◆ The speech was deliberately designed to embarrass the prime minister. 这个发言是故意为难首相。 embarrass embarrasses embarrassed embarrassing em·bar·rass / ɪmˈbærəs ; NAmE ɪmˈbærəs /
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