embarrassment

漢語翻譯

n. 困難, 阻礙, 困窘
【醫】 窘迫

詞意辨析：

shame, disgrace, embarrassment, dishonour

這些名詞均含“丟臉，羞愧”之意。
shame: 多指因非法婚煙、私生、賣國或犯法等而丟失臉面或敗壞名聲，使他人認為“丟臉”、“可恥”。
disgrace: 常指失去他人的尊敬和稱讚而使自己感受到的丟臉、恥辱。
embarrassment: 多指在社交活動中所遇到的尷尬事。
dishonour: 指失去原來享有的光榮或自尊和自重。

英文解釋：

名詞 embarrassment:

1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
4. extreme excess
   同義詞：overplus, plethora, superfluity

例句：

1. His ignorant behaviour at the dinner table caused much embarrassment.
   他在餐桌上舉止粗魯，在座的人頗為難堪。
2. There was a distinct sense of embarrassment in the air.
   周圍的氣氛中有一種明顯的局促不安的感覺。
3. It seems to me now that he sighed and that I tittered to hide my embarrassment.
   在我現在看來，他那時似乎在嘆氣，而我吃吃地笑是在隱藏我的尷尬。
4. Mary flushed crimson with embarrassment.
   瑪麗羞得臉紅了。
5. He's an embarrassment to his family.
   他叫家裡人難堪。
6. We met some financial embarrassment.
   我們遇到一些財務困難。

詳細解釋：

em.bar.rass.ment

n.（名詞）
The act or an instance of embarrassing.
困窘的事：困窘的動作或事件
The state of being embarrassed.
困窘：處於困窘的狀態
A source or cause of being embarrassed.
困窘的原因：引起困窘的原因
An overabundance:
過剩，過多：
例句：
an embarrassment of choices at a buffet dinner; an embarrassment of riches.
在一個小餐館的正餐中極多的花樣；極大的財富