单词 | embarrass |
释义 | embarrass[im'bærəs]vt.1.■使局促不安(或慌乱)为不好意思;使仓皇失措,使困窘,使尴尬,使困惑,使为难,使难堪:His bad table manners embarrassed her.他的不雅的吃相使她很尴尬。2.■使财政困难,使拮据;使欠债;使窘迫:He is embarrassed by debts.他债务缠身。The decline in sales embarrassed our company.销售下降使我们公司陷于困境。3.■【医学】窘迫,扰乱;使(身体机能)受损:The blood supply to the heart was embarrassed.心脏供血机能紊乱。4.■[古语]使麻烦;妨碍,阻碍;牵累:The motion was advanced in order to embarrass the progress of the bill.为了阻碍提案的通过,动议被提出了。5.■[古语]使困惑;使陷入困境;使更棘手,使(问题)复杂化,使错综:to embarrass discussion of the simplest subject使最简单的题目的讨论复杂化vi.1.■局促不安;感到窘困:The shy girl embarrasses easily .那害羞的女孩很容易发窘。近义词abashdiscomfitdisconcertrattlefaze反义词composeassure |
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