embarrassment

英 [ɪmˈbærəsmənt]

美 [ɪmˈbærəsmənt]

n.  害羞; 窘迫; 愧疚; 难堪; 使人为难的处境; 困境; 令人为难(或难堪、尴尬)的人

复数：embarrassments　

TEM8医学

Oxford 3000 / Collins.2 / BNC.4482 / COCA.5794

习惯用语

n.

an embarrassment of riches
• 好东西多得难以选择
  so many good things that it is difficult to choose just one

牛津词典

noun

• 害羞；窘迫；愧疚；难堪
  shy, awkward or guilty feelings; a feeling of being embarrassed
  1. I nearly died of embarrassment when he said that.
     他说那话差点儿把我给难堪死了。
  2. I'm glad you offered─it saved me the embarrassment of having to ask.
     你提出帮忙我很高兴，省得我厚着脸皮来问你。
  3. Much to her embarrassment she realized that everybody had been listening to her singing.
     她意识到大家一直在听她唱歌，感到很不好意思。
• 使人为难的处境；困境
  a situation which causes problems for sb
  1. Her resignation will be a severe embarrassment to the party.
     她的辞职将使党处于极度的困境。
• 令人为难（或难堪、尴尬）的人
  a person who causes problems for another person or other people and makes them feel embarrassed

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 尴尬;难堪;窘迫
  Embarrassmentis the feeling you have when you are embarrassed.
  1. 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。
  2. I think I would have died of embarrassment...
     我觉得自己难堪得要死。
  3. 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。
• N-COUNT 麻烦;难题;难堪的事
  Anembarrassmentis an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group.
  1. 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 asan embarrassment, you mean that you disapprove of them but cannot avoid your connection with them.
  1. 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 anembarrassment of riches, you mean that they have so many good things that these things are a problem.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• extreme excess
  1. an embarrassment of riches
  Synonym:overplusplethorasuperfluity
• some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
  1. the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals
• the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
• the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
  1. he is currently suffering financial embarrassments

双语例句

• This episode is bound to be a deep embarrassment for Washington
  这一事件肯定会让华盛顿非常难堪。
• The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.
  一旦披露出去，真相会让人非常尴尬。
• 'It must be very difficult,' said Hunter, feeling a surge of embarrassment for Diane's predicament
  “那肯定不好过，”亨特说，突然为黛安娜的困境感到很为难。
• The subject makes her writhe with embarrassment
  这个话题让她难堪得坐立不安。
• She turned scarlet from embarrassment, once she realized what she had done
  等她明白自己的所作所为后，尴尬得满脸通红。
• 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。
• Embarrassment has kept me from doing all sorts of things
  我总是害怕受窘，什么事都不敢去做。
• The news relieved him of some of his embarrassment.
  这消息替他解除了几分困窘。
• The administration is just stonewalling in an attempt to hide their political embarrassment
  政府只是在模棱两可地拖延时间，企图掩盖自己的政治窘态。
• You are only green with embarrassment and shame and envy.
  你们只有在困窘、羞耻和嫉妒方面还是环保的。