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新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

embarrassment

英  [ɪmˈbærəsmənt]
    

[NOUN]

    NOUN. 名词

  • embarrassments

    1. [C, U 有变体名词] 尴尬 , 难堪

    Embarrassment is the feeling you have when you are embarrassed.

    双语例句

    例：

    I think I would have died of embarrassment.

    我觉得我一定会尴尬得要死。

    例：

    We apologize for any embarrassment this may have caused.

    我们为可能会带来的任何尴尬而道歉。

    2. [C 可数名词] 难堪的事

    An embarrassment is an action, event, or situation that causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group.

    双语例句

    例：

    The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.

    这些贫困数字无疑是令总统难堪的一件事。

    3. [SING 单数型名词] 丢脸的人

    If you refer to a person as an embarrassment, you mean that you disapprove of them but cannot avoid your connection with them.

    双语例句

    例：

    You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Doug married you.

    自从你和道格结婚的那天起，就让我们很丢脸。

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