embarrassment-主題

embarrassment

[im'barəsmənt]

n.困窘, 尷尬, 難堪

例句與用法：

His ignorant behaviour at the dinner table caused much embarrassment.

他在餐桌上舉止粗魯，在座的人頗為難堪。

There was a distinct sense of embarrassment in the air.

周圍的氣氛中有一種明顯的侷促不安的感覺。

It seems to me now that he sighed and that I tittered to hide my embarrassment.

在我現在看來，他那時似乎在嘆氣，而我吃吃地笑是在隱藏我的尷尬。

Mary flushed crimson with embarrassment.

瑪麗羞得臉紅了。

He's an embarrassment to his family.

他叫家裡人難堪。

We met some financial embarrassment.

我們遇到一些財務困難。

英文解釋:

名詞 embarrassment:

the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public

the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)

some event that causes someone to be embarrassed

extreme excess

同義詞：overplus, plethora, superfluity

同義詞

shame | mortification | humiliation | rub | predicament | dilemma | superfluity | plight | uneasiness | difficulty | bind | quandary | abashment | chagrin | uncomfortableness | discomposure | self-consciousness | hindrance | discomfort | obstacle | impediment | snag | encumbrance | stain | blemish | smudge | scrape | overabundance | superabundance | excess | surplusage | repletion | glut | discomfiture | awkwardness | blushing | egg on one's face | face | on | egg | one's | overplus | plethora | dishonour | disgrace |

反義詞

disembarrassment |

以上來源於大辭典