embarrassing
英 [ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ]
美 [ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ]
adj. 使人害羞的(或难堪的、惭愧的); 使显得愚蠢的(或不诚实的等)
v. (尤指在社交场合)使窘迫,使尴尬; 使困惑; 使为难; 使陷入困境
embarrass的现在分词
现在分词:embarrassing
Oxford 3000 / BNC.5241 / COCA.5663
牛津词典
adj.
- 使人害羞的(或难堪的、惭愧的)
making you feel shy, awkward or ashamed- an embarrassing mistake/question/situation
令人难堪的错误 / 问题 / 处境 - It can be embarrassing for children to tell complete strangers about such incidents.
让孩子们向素不相识的人讲述这样的事情可能是难为了他们。 - It was so embarrassing having to sing in public.
非得在众人面前唱歌太令人难为情了。
- an embarrassing mistake/question/situation
- 使显得愚蠢的(或不诚实的等)
causing sb to look stupid, dishonest, etc.- The report is likely to prove highly embarrassing to the government.
这份报告可能会让政府非常尴尬。
- The report is likely to prove highly embarrassing to the government.
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 令人害羞的;让人难堪的;令人尴尬的
Something that isembarrassingmakes you feel shy or ashamed.- That was an embarrassing situation for me...
那种情形让我难堪。 - Men find it embarrassing to be honest.
实话实说让男人觉得难为情。
- That was an embarrassing situation for me...
- ADJ-GRADED 惹麻烦的;使难堪的
Something that isembarrassing toa public figure such as a politician or an organization such as a political party causes problems for them.- He has put the Bonn government in an embarrassing position...
他将波恩政府置于窘地。 - The speech was deeply embarrassing to Cabinet ministers.
这席话让内阁大臣们非常难堪。
- He has put the Bonn government in an embarrassing position...
英英释义
adj
- hard to deal with
- awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
- an awkward pause followed his remark
- a sticky question
- in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
- causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation
- the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles
- it was mortifying to know he had heard every word
双语例句
- He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.
他在上周末的会议上出了洋相,狼狈不堪。 - She could threaten to play her trump card, an autobiography of embarrassing disclosures.
她可能会威胁要拿出她的杀手锏:出自传来爆料糗事。 - It can be very embarrassing to have to listen to someone patting you on the back in public.
不得已而需要在大庭广众之下听人赞扬自己会使你很窘。 - What a disgrace! or how embarrassing!
真丢人! - His people came up with a load of embarrassing information
他的部下亮出一大堆令人尴尬的资料来。 - He saw the publication of this book as an embarrassing invasion of his privacy
他觉得这本书的出版侵犯了他的私生活,让他十分难堪。 - It would be embarrassing to find myself ten francs short and be obliged to borrow from my guest.
要是我差十法郎,不得不向客人借的话,那就太丢脸了。 - He tried to evade the embarrassing question.
他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。 - An embarrassing blunder nearly blighted his career before it got off the ground.
一个令人难堪的疏忽几乎毁掉了他还没有起步的事业。 - Attempts to find civilian volunteers have met with embarrassing failure
寻找平民志愿者的种种尝试都遭遇了令人难堪的失败。