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Definition of embarrass in English: embarrassverb ɛmˈbarəsɪmˈbarəs [with object]1Cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed. 使尴尬，使窘 she wouldn't embarrass either of them by making a scene 她不会当众大吵大闹把他们两人中的任何一人弄得难堪的。 Example sentencesExamples - Her scarred face attracted attention; it baffled, confused and embarrassed people.
- So even when the gray haired man I sometimes call my father in public embarrasses me a lot, I love him all the same.
- I prefer a woman, and a political philosophy, that won't embarrass me in public.
- Murdock had stuck Mikey and I with the scene where Poppy runs off after Luciano embarrasses her in public, and Luciano follows her and admits his undying love.
- And I meant that on SO many levels, levels you will certainly understand once you figure out how to purposefully embarrass me in public.
- Except that once in a while she has too much to drink, and embarrasses him in public.
- Public opinion embarrassed him until he agreed, under threat of a writ of habeas to force a court hearing, that his mother could be released.
- I had only seen him like this once before, when he planned his revenge on another lord who had embarrassed him in public.
- Regardless of the age of the husband, the relatives give themselves the right to discipline him, scold, restrain, monitor, and embarrass him in public.
- Okay, for those of my readers who have children, how often have your kids embarrassed you in public?
- The message is clear: there will be no room for players who break the rules and embarrass the team in public.
- In fact, the sages asserted that someone who embarrasses another person in public is akin to a murderer.
- Max humiliates and embarrasses me all the time, so I don't know, this made me happy.
- Mathers gave Jeffreys the sort of look a mother gave an ill mannered child that had embarrassed her in public.
- Paul has the kind of parents that embarrass you in public and don't care if people are looking, but don't get him wrong he still loves them.
- So, in order to maintain any dignity, I have fomented instead my Macchiavellian plot to discomfit and embarrass David Bowie and myself.
Synonyms shame, humiliate, make ashamed, demean, abash mortify, horrify, appal, crush make uncomfortable, make awkward, make self-conscious, make uneasy upset, disconcert, discomfit, discompose, confuse, fluster, agitate, nonplus, discountenance, distress, chagrin discredit, dishonour informal show up, faze, rattle, discombobulate US informal own - 1.1be embarrassed Be caused financial difficulties.
陷入经济困境，拮据 he would be embarrassed by estate duty 他将因房地产遗产税而陷入经济困境。
2archaic Hamper or impede (a person or action) 〈古〉妨碍（人，移动，行动） the state of the rivers will embarrass the enemy 河流的水情会在很大程度上牵制敌人的行动。 - 2.1 Make difficult or intricate; complicate.
〈古〉使困难重重；使复杂化 I do not apprehend that this case will be embarrassed by that decision
OriginEarly 17th century (in sense 2): from French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, probably from Portuguese embaraçar (from baraço 'halter'). Although it came into English from French, embarrass was probably based on Portuguese baraço ‘halter’. The first English sense was ‘to encumber or impede’: the notion of difficulty or problems led to the use of embarrassed to mean ‘in difficulties through lack of money’, as in financially embarrassed. The familiar modern meaning was not recorded until the early 19th century.
Definition of embarrass in US English: embarrassverb [with object]1Cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed. 使尴尬，使窘 she wouldn't embarrass either of them by making a scene 她不会当众大吵大闹把他们两人中的任何一人弄得难堪的。 Example sentencesExamples - I prefer a woman, and a political philosophy, that won't embarrass me in public.
- Murdock had stuck Mikey and I with the scene where Poppy runs off after Luciano embarrasses her in public, and Luciano follows her and admits his undying love.
- The message is clear: there will be no room for players who break the rules and embarrass the team in public.
- So, in order to maintain any dignity, I have fomented instead my Macchiavellian plot to discomfit and embarrass David Bowie and myself.
- Max humiliates and embarrasses me all the time, so I don't know, this made me happy.
- Public opinion embarrassed him until he agreed, under threat of a writ of habeas to force a court hearing, that his mother could be released.
- I had only seen him like this once before, when he planned his revenge on another lord who had embarrassed him in public.
- Mathers gave Jeffreys the sort of look a mother gave an ill mannered child that had embarrassed her in public.
- Her scarred face attracted attention; it baffled, confused and embarrassed people.
- And I meant that on SO many levels, levels you will certainly understand once you figure out how to purposefully embarrass me in public.
- Paul has the kind of parents that embarrass you in public and don't care if people are looking, but don't get him wrong he still loves them.
- So even when the gray haired man I sometimes call my father in public embarrasses me a lot, I love him all the same.
- Okay, for those of my readers who have children, how often have your kids embarrassed you in public?
- Regardless of the age of the husband, the relatives give themselves the right to discipline him, scold, restrain, monitor, and embarrass him in public.
- Except that once in a while she has too much to drink, and embarrasses him in public.
- In fact, the sages asserted that someone who embarrasses another person in public is akin to a murderer.
Synonyms shame, humiliate, make ashamed, demean, abash - 1.1be embarrassed Be caused financial difficulties.
陷入经济困境，拮据 he would be embarrassed by an inheritance tax 他将因房地产遗产税而陷入经济困境。 - 1.2archaic Hamper or impede (a person, movement, or action)
〈古〉妨碍（人，移动，行动） the state of the rivers will embarrass the enemy in a considerable degree 河流的水情会在很大程度上牵制敌人的行动。 - 1.3archaic Make difficult or intricate; complicate.
〈古〉使困难重重；使复杂化
OriginEarly 17th century (in embarrass (sense 2 of the verb)): from French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, probably from Portuguese embaraçar (from baraço ‘halter’). |