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释义 Word family  noun embarrassment adjective embarrassed embarrassing verb embarrass adverb embarrassingly  em·bar·rass /ɪmˈbærəs/ ●●○ verb [transitive]  1  EMBARRASSEDto make someone feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable, especially in front of other people 〔尤指在社交场合〕使尴尬，使窘迫 He didn’t want to embarrass her by asking questions. 他不想提问让她尴尬。2  PPEMBARRASSEDto do something that causes problems for a government, political organization, or politician, and makes them look bad 给〔政府、政治组织或政治人物〕出难题；使…陷入困境 The revelations in the press have embarrassed the government. 报纸披露的事实让政府很难堪。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusembarrass• But the Government has been severely embarrassed by the burgeoning cost of the programme.• I was embarrassed for a moment by my immodesty.• One woman was trying to embarrass me by asking me questions I couldn't answer.• The release of these secret documents has embarrassed the administration.• It will only embarrass the Church.• They'd do it deliberately to embarrass the Government.• I hope I didn't embarrass you in front of your friends.• I hope my little dance didn't embarrass you.Origin embarrass (1600-1700) French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, perhaps from Vulgar Latin barra “bar”em·bar·rass verbChineseSyllable  to feel nervous, make uncomfortable, someone especially ashamed, in Corpus or
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