A WORD, A WORLD
embarrassment
释义
- n.
- 窘迫；难堪；困境；害羞
- 网络
- 尴尬；困窘；某人尴尬的
展开详细释义
n.
1.局促不安,发窘不安,窘迫,窘态,尴尬
2.窘迫,困惑,为难
3.困窘
4.困难
5.不如意,令人为难的事
6.麻烦,负担,难关
7.出洋相,狼狈相
8.妨碍
9.阻碍
词形变化
复数：embarrassments
在例句中理解 31 句
Party crashers were allowed into a White House State Dinner without being on the guest list is an embarrassment to the Homeland Security.
晚宴蹭饭者能未被邀请而获许进入参加白宫的国宴叫国土安全局尽失颜面。
It may be this sense of a return to childhood, consciously or not, that gives the pleasure of foreignness its edge of embarrassment.
这可以说是一种回归童年的感受，有意识或者无意识的，但能带来尴尬边缘上的外来愉悦感。
And it was no surprise at all, because the faces of the people there were all covered with expressions of utter embarrassment.
这一点儿也不出奇，因为这里的人们的脸上都挂满无比尴尬的表情。
My first impression was that it was an embarrassment to anyone over 30.
我的第一印象是，这对于任何一个超过30岁的人来说是非常尴尬的。
To be sure, had we left without progress, it would have been a major embarrassment to Nixon.
当然，我们此行若毫无进展，对尼克松总统来说无疑是个极大的尴尬。
In social situations, there is an uneasiness, clumsiness, or perhaps some sort of minor embarrassment or faux pas on your part.
在社交场合，你显得有点不自然，有点笨拙，甚至可能会造成一些小尴尬和失态。
Simply ask her to guide you in with her hand. That way you'll save a lot of embarrassment, not to mention time.
只需请她用手来引路就行了，既避免尴尬，又节约时间。
It was a major embarrassment that we did not know how they worked.
我们并不知道它们的发生机制，这是很大的尴尬。
As the company braces for further embarrassment and disruption, it will also have to work out a future without BSkyB.
当新闻集团准备迎接更加严重的窘境和破裂之际，同样还要规划好一个没有英国天空广播公司的未来。
Weston had, by gentle encouragement, overcome so much of her embarrassment, as to bring her to converse on the important subject.
兜风的时候，韦斯顿太太温声细语地鼓励她，大大消除了她的局促不安，终于使她谈起了那个重大的话题。
A publicity campaign explained the matter to the British hosts so as to save their pride and preclude embarrassment.
当作一个公开的运动去对英国主人说明，以维持他们的面子，并避免窘迫。
But I was tortured for the rest of the day by that simple error, blushing anew and groaning with embarrassment every time I thought of it.
但是这一天剩余的时间我都被这个小小的错误所折磨，每当想起它就会脸红、难为情地哀叹。
He came to see me and in generous and emotional fashion offered to resign his commission so as to relieve me of any embarrassment.
他前来见我，神情激动，却不失大度地请求解除其职务，以免使我为难。
I nodded with embarrassment and told him that I'd like to do it a third time.
我点颔首与困窘、告诉他，我却是愿意做，第三次。
It seems to me now that he sighed and that I tittered to hide my embarrassment.
在我现在看来，他那时似乎在叹气，而我吃吃地笑是在隐藏我的尴尬。
Yes, the bargain itself, from a liberal perspective, would have been a pretty bad deal, but it would have avoided this embarrassment.
是的，从自由的角度看，协议自身肯定是不完美的，但它至少会解决问题。
But he might be taken aback by the popular sympathy for his plight. So might the authorities: the case has become an embarrassment.
但社会公众对其处境的同情让当局很是尴尬，案件的判定可能会受到影响。
Lots of laughter, quite a bit of embarrassment.
很多笑声，有点难为情。
He looked away quickly, more quickly than I could, though in a flush of embarrassment I dropped my eyes at once.
他很快收回了目光，比我还快，尽管我立刻就红着脸尴尬得垂下了眼。
He wanted to tell John how surprised he was at his knowledge but embarrassment made him hold his peace.
他想告诉约翰，他没有料到他的知识有这么渊博，但是觉得有些不好意思，没有说出口。
However, if it is unable to avoid consciously the embarrassment of annoying complaints, the original intention to the program is lost.
但如果不能自觉地避免祥林嫂式的尴尬情境，就违背了栏目的初衷。
This was a topic from which he always sheered away, as though unwilling to face the embarrassment it caused.
他们总是避开这个话题，仿佛不愿面对由此带来的尴尬局面。
Selling out to a foreign firm would be humiliating. But Proton's struggles are already a national embarrassment as it is.
卖给老外会是一件丢脸的事儿，但宝腾的“垂死挣扎”事实上已经让马来西亚人感到难为情了。
And then the embarrassment is going to be crippling, to me, to the luckless company and to the Financial Times.
而后，这种困窘必然给我本人、那家不幸的公司、以及英国《金融时报》造成极大的伤害。
This is often accompanied by feelings of embarrassment and shame, but occasionally with the feeling of pride or freedom.
这种梦境情节中经常表现自己感到困窘或害羞，但有时也有一种获得自由的自豪感。
There was no embarrassment, and no desire to progress to a quick feel, but it was a nice little interlude quickly (almost) forgotten.
我们没有觉得尴尬，没有想要进一步快速发展，这只是一段美好的小插曲，（几乎）很快就被遗忘了。
Having your predecessor around can be a bit of an embarrassment for anyone.
如果你的前任在你的身边，这总会让人有一点点尴尬。
When a friend brought a kilo of beef that her mother had stolen for us from her factory canteen, my embarrassment turned to shame.
有一位朋友给我们带来了一公斤牛肉，是她母亲为我们从工厂食堂里偷来的，这时我的尴尬简直变成羞愧了。
but , continued monsieur duval with embarrassment , the least i can do is to give you what you paid for it . please take it as a gift.
“但是，”迪瓦尔先生不好意思地说，“那么至少我也得把您付掉的书款还给您。”
It is all above board, you can do it in office hours and with none of the embarrassment of being on Match. com.
整个过程光明正大，可以在上班时间完成，完全不会有被同事抓到你在看正宗交友网站Match.com的那种尴尬。
He could not hide his embarrassment at his children’s rudeness.
他无法掩饰自己孩子的无礼给他带来的难堪。