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- embarrassment
n.
- 复数： embarrassments
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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。
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I think I would have died of embarrassment...
我觉得自己难堪得要死。
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We apologise for any embarrassment this may have caused.
我们为因此可能带来的尴尬表示歉意。
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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.
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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。
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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.
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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。
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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.
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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。
- Noun
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1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
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2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy);
- "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
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3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed;
- "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
- antonym： disembarrassment
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4. extreme excess;
- "an embarrassment of riches"
- synonym： overplus，plethora，superfluity
- 1. Blushes showed her embarrassment.
- 她双颊发红，一副窘态。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 2. Embarrassment caused me to hesitate.
- 窘迫使得我（讲话）吞吞吐吐。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 3. He could not hide his embarrassment.
- 他无法掩盖自己的窘态。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He smiled away her embarrassment.
- 他以微笑解除了她的窘态。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. Her blush told of her embarrassment.
- 她脸红显露出她的困窘。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 6. Her face was flushed with embarrassment.
- 她尴尬得满脸通红。
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- 7. His face flushed with embarrassment.
- 他尴尬得满脸通红。
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- 8. His face reddened with embarrassment.
- 他窘得脸都红了。
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- 9. She could have died away with embarrassment.
- 她窘迫得要死。
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- 10. She went crimson with embarrassment.
- 她羞得满脸通红。
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- 11. 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。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 12. 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。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 13. The girl's face was aflame with embarrassment.
- 那姑娘窘得涨红了脸。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 14. Their embarrassment convicted them.
- 他们的窘迫说明了他们有错误。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
