2ADJ-GRADED 惹麻烦的;使难堪的 Something that is embarrassing to a public figure such as a politician or an organization such as a political party causes problems for them. 惹麻烦的;使难堪的
He has put the Bonn government in an embarrassing position.
他将波恩政府置于窘地。
The speech was deeply embarrassing to Cabinet ministers. [+ to]
VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, prove, sound令人困窘;證明令人難堪;聽起來令人尷尬▸➤become, get變得令人尷尬▸➤make sth使⋯令人困窘◇My mother's presence made the situation even more embarrassing.母親在場使局面更加令人尷尬。➤find sb/sth覺得⋯令人困窘◇I found the whole evening deeply embarrassing.我感覺整個晚上讓人極度尷尬。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常令人尷尬▸➤acutely, deeply, excruciatingly, highly, particularly, terribly, toe-curlingly (BrE) 特別令人難堪;非常令人羞愧;極其令人尷尬◇a deeply embarrassing moment非常令人尷尬的時刻➤increasingly越來越令人困窘▸➤almost幾乎令人困窘▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些令人困窘▸➤potentially很可能令人困窘▸➤politically政治上令人尷尬PREPOSITION➤for對⋯來說是尷尬的◇It was acutely embarrassing for us all.這對我們所有人來說都極為尷尬。➤to令⋯處境尷尬◇This latest incident could be embarrassing to the government.最近的這次事故可能令政府難堪。