em·bar·rass
verb/ɪmˈbærəs/
/ɪmˈbærəs/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they embarrass | /ɪmˈbærəs/ /ɪmˈbærəs/ |
| he / she / it embarrasses | /ɪmˈbærəsɪz/ /ɪmˈbærəsɪz/ |
| past simple embarrassed | /ɪmˈbærəst/ /ɪmˈbærəst/ |
| past participle embarrassed | /ɪmˈbærəst/ /ɪmˈbærəst/ |
| -ing form embarrassing | /ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/ /ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/ |
- to make somebody feel shy, uncomfortable or ashamed, especially in a social situation
（尤指在社交场合）使窘迫，使尴尬 - embarrass somebody Her questions about my private life embarrassed me.
她询问我的私生活使我感到很尴尬。 - I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends.
我并不想当着他朋友的面吻他，那会让他难堪。 - it embarrasses somebody to do something It embarrassed her to meet strange men in the corridor at night.
夜里在走廊上遇见陌生男人使她感到不自在。
- embarrass somebody Her questions about my private life embarrassed me.
- embarrass somebody to cause problems or difficulties for somebody
使困惑；使为难；使陷入困境 - The speech was deliberately designed to embarrass the prime minister.
这个发言是故意为难首相。 - The scandal has totally embarrassed cricket's governing body.
这起丑闻让板球管理机构彻底尴尬。
- The speech was deliberately designed to embarrass the prime minister.
Word Originearly 17th cent. (originally in the sense ‘to hamper’ or ‘impede (a person or action)’): from French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, probably from Portuguese embaraçar (from baraço ‘halter’).