embarrass
v. 使尷尬; 給…出難題
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尷尬。
It embarrassed him that he had no idea of what was going on.
對所發生的事情一無所知,這讓他很難堪。
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...
共和黨人企圖透過阻撓總統的經濟計劃使其難堪。
The Government has been embarrassed by the affair.
這件事給政府出了難題。
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
這些動詞均有"使困惑,迷惑,糊塗,傷腦筋"之意。
A major attack could still embarrass him.
現在要是發動大規模進攻的話,還是很叫他傷腦筋的.
It usually doesn't embarrass me very much when someone criticizes me in front of other people.
別人當著其他人的面批評我時,通常我不覺得很尷尬.
It was never my goal to embarrass anyone or put them on the spot.
讓任何人難堪或丟臉,絕不是我的本意.
One woman was trying to embarrass me by asking me questions I couldn't answer.
一個女人問了我一些無法回答的問題,企圖使我下不了臺.
The V 8 naturally earns extra points for its grunt, but neither will embarrass.
V8引擎自然賺額外加分的繁重, 但也不會感到尷尬.
v. 使複雜化,使發生糾紛
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v. 使窮困,使財政困難
v. 使窘迫,使為難
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v. 阻礙,妨礙
thwartfrustratehinderobstructencumberclogimpedehamperhandicap
其他釋義
bewilderhumiliateflustermortifyaddleshameroastconfusedisgracedismay