单词
embarrass
读音
ɪmˈbærəs
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英式
词根
"Embarrass"来自法语“embarrasser”，意为难倒或是困窘。这个单词分为两部分，em- 表示“进入”以及 -barras，意为 “障碍”。所以整个单词的含义是进入一个全是障碍的状况，从而感到难倒或困窘。
释义
v. （尤指在社交场合）使窘迫，使尴尬；使困惑；使为难；使复杂化；陷入经济困难；妨碍（人、移动、行动） [ 第三人称单数 embarrasses 现在分词 embarrassing 过去式 embarrassed 过去分词 embarrassed ]
例句
I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends.
我并没想当着他的朋友吻他而使他感到难堪。
When you embarrass me, I'll tell you.
你要是使我感到难堪，我就会跟你说的。
They were my friends, and I just didn't want to embarrass them publicly.
他们是我的朋友，我只是不想公开说让他们难堪的话。
I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends.
我并没想当着他的朋友吻他而使他感到难堪。
When you embarrass me, I'll tell you.
你要是使我感到难堪，我就会跟你说的。
They were my friends, and I just didn't want to embarrass them publicly.
他们是我的朋友，我只是不想公开说让他们难堪的话。
强化记忆
Embarrass拼写可能有些复杂，像这样记忆可以帮助你：动词"embrace"（拥抱）中的"em-"，加上"bar"（酒吧）和"ass"（驴子）。想象一下，在酒吧里拥抱一个驴子，肯定会让你感到非常尴尬。"Embarrass"在16世纪由法语引入到英语，最初的含义是"令一个人处于困窘的举动或行为"。在多个世纪的使用中，它已经广泛用于描述各种使人尴尬或困窘的情境。
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and I call them out on it,my intent is not to embarrass them.My intent is to make them aware
or that you at least get the ball close enough to the rimthat you don't embarrass yourself and become a meme.(Laughter)
about losing the Revolution,so they decided to embarrass him a little bitby putting a huge picture of General Washington
And I just told the little girl, whose name was Eun-Sook Lee,that if I ever did anything to embarrass her --she didn't speak a word of English, although she looked very American --
I hope I will live a long time.I hope I will live long enough to embarrass my sonand to watch my husband lose his beautiful hair.
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大学,出国,高中,专升本-自考,专四专八,其他
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