embarrass
v. 使尴尬; 给…出难题
If something or someone embarrasses you, they make you feel shy or ashamed.
His clumsiness embarrassed him...
他因自己的笨拙而感到尴尬。
It embarrassed him that he had no idea of what was going on.
对所发生的事情一无所知,这让他很难堪。
If something embarrasses a public figure such as a politician or an organization such as a political party, it causes problems for them.
The Republicans are trying to embarrass the president by thwarting his economic program...
共和党人企图通过阻挠总统的经济计划使其难堪。
The Government has been embarrassed by the affair.
这件事给政府出了难题。
1. cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious
2. hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of;
puzzle, bewilder, confuse, embarrass, perplex, baffle, confound, distract
这些动词均有"使困惑,迷惑,糊涂,伤脑筋"之意。
A major attack could still embarrass him.
现在要是发动大规模进攻的话,还是很叫他伤脑筋的.
It usually doesn't embarrass me very much when someone criticizes me in front of other people.
别人当着其他人的面批评我时,通常我不觉得很尴尬.
It was never my goal to embarrass anyone or put them on the spot.
让任何人难堪或丢脸,绝不是我的本意.
One woman was trying to embarrass me by asking me questions I couldn't answer.
一个女人问了我一些无法回答的问题,企图使我下不了台.
The V 8 naturally earns extra points for its grunt, but neither will embarrass.
V8引擎自然赚额外加分的繁重, 但也不会感到尴尬.
v. 使复杂化,使发生纠纷
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v. 使穷困,使财政困难
v. 使窘迫,使为难
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v. 阻碍,妨碍
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其他释义
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