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embarrassment
ɪmbærəsmənt
Word forms: plural embarrassments
1 N-VAR 尴尬;难堪;窘迫 Embarrassment is the feeling you have when you are embarrassed. 尴尬;难堪;窘迫
  • It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low. [+ to]

    酒馆水准之低让伦敦人觉得颜面尽失。

  • I think I would have died of embarrassment.

    我觉得自己难堪得要死。

  • 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。

SYN shame, distress, showing up [informal] , humiliation
2 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. 麻烦;难题;难堪的事
  • The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president. [+ to]

    贫困数字毫无疑问让总统非常难堪。

SYN problem, difficulty, nuisance, source of trouble
3 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. 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。

4 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. 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.

    那家美术馆的问题是好作品太多,大多数作品无处陈放。

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