2N-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. 麻烦;难题;难堪的事
The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president. [+ to]
3N-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. 使人为难(或难堪)的人 [disapproval]
You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Douglas married you. [+ to]
从道格拉斯娶你那天起,你就让我们非常难堪。
4PHRASE 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. 好东西太多而成了问题
The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them.