embarrassing 英 [ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ]   美 [ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ]

embarrassing

embarrassing  英 [ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ] 美 [ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ]

adj. 使人尴尬的;令人为难的 

He tried to evade the embarrassing question. 他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。
The spokesman parried cleverly an embarrassing question. 发言人巧妙地回避了一个令人难堪的提问。

  • Use the adjective embarrassing to describe something that is shameful or humiliating. You probably have a few embarrassing stories that you'd rather not remember, but your siblings are always happy to bring them up at holidays.
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  • adj. 使人尴尬的;令人为难的
  • 1. He tried to evade the embarrassing question.

    他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。

  • 2. The spokesman parried cleverly an embarrassing question.

    发言人巧妙地回避了一个令人难堪的提问。

  • 3. I think there will be some embarrassing data and it will vary from country to country.

    我认为将来会出现一些尴尬的数据,而这将会根据每个国家而不同。

em·bar·rass·ing / ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ ; NAmE ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ / adjective 1 making you feel shy, awkward or ashamed 使人害羞的(或难堪的、惭愧的) an embarrassing mistake/question/situation 令人难堪的错误╱问题╱处境 It can be embarrassing for children to tell complete strangers about such incidents. 让孩子们向素不相识的人讲述这样的事情可能是难为了他们。 It was so embarrassing having to sing in public. 非得在众人面前唱歌太令人难为情了。 2 causing sb to look stupid, dishonest, etc. 使显得愚蠢的(或不诚实等的) The report is likely to prove highly embarrassing to the government. 这份报告可能会让政府非常尴尬。 em·bar·rass·ing·ly / ɪmˈbærəsɪŋli ; NAmE ɪmˈbærəsɪŋli / adverb The play was embarrassingly bad. 这出戏很糟,令人难堪。 em·bar·rass·ing / ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ ; NAmE ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ / em·bar·rass·ing·ly / ɪmˈbærəsɪŋli ; NAmE ɪmˈbærəsɪŋli /
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