embarrass

embarrassembarrassD.J.:[imˈbærəs]K.K.:[ɛmˈbærəs]vt. & vi.1.■(使)窘迫; (使)局促不安Girls embarrass easily.女孩子遇事容易感到局促不安。2.■(使)困难The long sleeves of her dress embarrassed her movements.她衣服的长袖子妨碍她的行动。vt.1.■使复杂化2.■使拮据

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embarrass[im'bærəs]vt.1.■使局促不安(或慌乱)为不好意思；使仓皇失措，使困窘，使尴尬，使困惑，使为难，使难堪:His bad table manners embarrassed her.他的不雅的吃相使她很尴尬。2.■使财政困难，使拮据；使欠债；使窘迫:He is embarrassed by debts.他债务缠身。The decline in sales embarrassed our company.销售下降使我们公司陷于困境。3.■【医学】窘迫，扰乱；使(身体机能)受损：The blood supply to the heart was embarrassed.心脏供血机能紊乱。4.■[古语]使麻烦；妨碍，阻碍；牵累：The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.为了阻碍提案的通过，动议被提出了。5.■[古语]使困惑；使陷入困境；使更棘手，使(问题)复杂化，使错综：to embarrass discussion of the simplest subject使最简单的题目的讨论复杂化vi.1.■局促不安；感到窘困：The shy girl embarrasses easily .那害羞的女孩很容易发窘。近义词abashdiscomfitdisconcertrattlefaze反义词composeassure

embarrassembarrass[imˈbærəs]vt.1.■使窘迫, 使困惑, 使为难2.■使负债, 使财政困难3.■使(问题)复杂化4.■妨碍, 阻碍be [feel] embarrassed局促不安The decline of sales embarrassed the company.销路下降使公司陷于财政困难。Embarrassed by his heavy luggage, he could not walk fast.由于受到笨重行李的拖累, 他走不快。

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参考词汇embarrass;abash;discomfit;disconcert;都含“使困窘”、“ 使局促不安” 的意思。1.■embarrass 指“因使不安以致言语行为显得很不自然”, 如:I was embarrassed by their compliment.对他们的称赞我感到很不安。2.■abash 指“使感到困惑或羞愧”, 如:I stood abashed at his rebuke.面对他的斥责我感到无地自容。3.■discomfit 指“计划或期望受挫后而感到困窘或 狼狈”, 如:He was discomfited by the unexpected questions.意料不到的问题使得他十分尴尬。4.■disconcert指“由于很快失去冷静而仓皇失措”,如:Forgetting his speech disconcerted the speaker.忘了演讲词使得这位讲演者手足无措。