embarrassing

B1 Oxf 3000 大学 FREQ #2720

a. 令人为难的, 麻烦的

发音

AU /ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/
其它
UK /ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/
US /ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/
US /ɪmˈbɛɹ.ə.sɪŋ/

词形变化

embarrassings 复数 embarrassings more embarrassing 比较级 most embarrassing 最高级

别名

embarassing embarrassin' embarrasing

教材释义与例句

形容词

使人尴尬的；令人为难的

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment.

    不可数

    May 11, 1715, Robert Wodrow, letter to Mrs Wodrow It seemed, at first, to be agreed, that the King should be addressed by the Assembly; but the time of presenting, because of the present embarrassings of affairs, to be left to the Commission.

v.
  1. 1.

    present participle and gerund of embarrass

adj. B1 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.

    令人困窘的

    好糗的

    尴尬

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

awkward sticky mortifying unenviable

近义相关 3

hard difficult unpleasant

参见 1

cringey

词源

By surface analysis, embarrass + -ing.

来源：wiktionary