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embarrass

/em-bar-uhs/US // ɛmˈbær əs //UK // (ɪmˈbærəs) //

尴尬,窘迫,尴尬的,窘迫的

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cause confusion and shame to; make uncomfortably self-conscious; disconcert; abash: His bad table manners embarrassed her.
    • : to make difficult or intricate, as a question or problem; complicate.
    • : to put obstacles or difficulties in the way of; impede: The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.
    • : to beset with financial difficulties; burden with debt: The decline in sales embarrassed the company.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become disconcerted, abashed, or confused.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbcause mental discomfort
Forms: embarrassed, embarrassing
Synonyms
agitate搅拌,鼓动,搅拌器,煽动annoy恼人的,烦人,烦人的,烦人的事bewilder迷惑,迷惑人,迷惑人心,迷惑人的bother困扰,麻烦,烦恼,烦扰confuse淆乱,混淆,迷惑,混乱disconcert令人不安,使人不安,使人不安的是,令人不安的是distract分散注意力,分心,分散注意,分散精力disturb困扰,干扰,扰乱,骚扰dumbfound哑然失笑,蠢蠢欲动,哑巴,哑口无言faze雾霾,凝视,晕眩,愣神fluster流言蜚语,流感,流言四起,流言irk刺激,埃尔克,刺激性mortify羞辱,抹黑,辱骂,抹杀perplex困惑,困扰,困扰的问题,疑惑perturb扰乱,扰动,扰乱秩序,扰乱了plague霍乱,瘟疫,困扰,大灾puzzle谜题,难题,拼图,谜团rattle拨浪鼓,拨浪鼓的声音,拨动,拨浪鼓声shame耻辱,羞愧,羞辱,羞愧难当stun眩晕,惊呆了,震惊,惊愕upset心烦意乱,心乱如麻,烦乱,心烦意乱的abash羞辱,羞愧难当,羞涩,羞愧bug错误,窃听器,虫子,臭虫chagrin懊恼,懊悔,懊丧,懊恼的是discombobulate混淆视听,搞混了,混沌不清,混淆视听的情况下discomfit讨厌的人,扰乱秩序,烦人的事,扰乱秩序的行为discompose忧虑,扰乱,紊乱,扰乱气氛discountenance折扣,贴现,折扣优惠,打折distress苦恼,危难,痛苦,困扰nonplus非加,非加号,不加,非加码tease挑逗,取笑,逗弄,逗趣throw抛出,扔掉,抛出的,扔掉了catch one short捉空,抓紧时间,抓空give a bad time闹事,挨骂,闹腾,挨打give a hard time为难,难为情,难为你了,受罪hang up挂断电话,挂断,挂断电源,挂掉电话let down辜负,辜负了,失望,辜负了人们的期望make a monkey of耍猴,耍猴儿,贻笑大方,耍猴的put in a hole放进一个洞里,放进洞里,放在洞里,放进一个洞中put in a spot置于,放在一个地方,放在一个位置上,放到一个地方put on the spot当场就范,当场就地解决,当场就地取材,当场就地正法put out of countenance黯然失色,黯然销声匿迹,黯然神伤,黯然离场show up到场,出现了,出现,出面throw into a tizzy闹腾,闹翻天,大闹天宫,大发雷霆

Examples

  • He’s still working out his identity as a writer, and thus far that identity has been well-intentioned celeb turned author who hasn’t embarrassed himself.

  • I made a good living and I’m embarrassed to say that I never really loved it, but now, let’s backtrack.

  • Miss Manners has always disliked the public ranking of donors, apparently intended to embarrass the smaller ones into buying their way into a higher category.

  • These elite schools should be embarrassed by their graduates who have committed sedition and they must take action in response if they are to save their reputations.

  • This revelation embarrassed Democratic members of the committee.

  • After almost five months without a solution, the lack of initiative is starting to embarrass the Lebanese government.

  • The mass dump suggests that whoever did this, their primary motivation was to embarrass Sony Pictures.

  • The final question we should ask: are they pursuing justice and the rule of law, or merely silencing those who embarrass them?

  • Much of the praise of Pence is in this vein—he will not embarrass us.

  • Nothing to see, just Republican witch hunts designed to embarrass the president and perhaps land blows against Hillary Clinton.

  • Ministers deprecated the motion as tending to embarrass the administration, and defeat the very end for which it was proposed.

  • As we approached Pomeroy the militia began to embarrass our march by felling trees and erecting barricades across the roads.

  • Jane, the elder sister, was the more dignified and it was therefore easier to embarrass her.

  • The first questions must never perplex or embarrass the pupil, for they are very important.

  • Not being hot at his preaching there was less enthusiasm about him now, and the presence of the grinder seemed to embarrass him.