embarrass
vt. 使困窘, 使局促不安, 阻碍
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教材释义与例句
使局促不安；使困窘；阻碍
to make someone feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable, especially in front of other people
He didn't want to embarrass her by asking questions.
他不想提问让她尴尬。
释义与例句
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1.
to humiliate; to disrupt somebody's composure or comfort with acting publicly or freely; to abash.
使…尴尬
使…困窘
及物The crowd's laughter and jeers embarrassed him.
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2.
To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct.
及物The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.
This will... be the principal part of education; and this alone will effectively dispel that theological philosophy, which, in its decline, is still powerful enough to embarrass the course both of intellectual and social progress.
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3.
To involve in difficulties concerning money matters; to encumber with debt; to beset with urgent claims or demands.
及物A man or his business is embarrassed when he cannot meet his pecuniary engagements.
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4.
To perplex mentally; confuse, disconcert; catch off guard.
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Borrowed from French embarrasser, from Middle French embarrasser, embarasser (“to embarrass; to block, obstruct”), from Spanish embarazar, either from Italian imbarazzare or from Portuguese embaraçar.
来源：wiktionary