embarrassment

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n. 困难, 阻碍, 困窘 [医] 窘迫

发音

其它 /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/
US /ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/

词形变化

embarrassments 复数 embarrassments

别名

embarassment imbarrassment

教材释义与例句

名词

窘迫，难堪；使人为难的人或事物；拮据

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.

    可数 不可数

    Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family.

    Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.

  3. 3.

    A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.

    可数 不可数
  4. 4.

    A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty.

    困窘

    可数 不可数
  5. 5.

    Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.

    可数 不可数 医学
  6. 6.

    Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.

    可数 过时 不可数
  7. 7.

    A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda)

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

plethora overplus superfluity

反义词 1

disembarrassment

上位词 6

trouble spirit shame excess excessiveness inordinateness

下位词 10

confusion humiliation redundancy uneasiness self-consciousness abashment bashfulness chagrin discombobulation discomfiture

相关短语

embarrassment of riches inductive embarrassment secondhand embarrassment vicarious embarrassment empathic embarrassment how embarrassment criterion of embarrassment

词源

From embarrass + -ment.

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