英:[ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ]
美:[ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ]
英:[ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ]
美:[ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ]
em·bar·rass·ing
em bae rihs Ing
Adjective
1. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;
"awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"
"an awkward pause followed his remark"
"a sticky question"
"in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"
2. causing to feel shame or chagrin or vexation;
"the embarrassing moment when she found her petticoat down around her ankles"
"it was mortifying to know he had heard every word"
The first known use of embarrassing was in 1778
1 When Eleanor walked into the living room, Park had just gotten out of the shower, which was embarrassing for some reason.
2 “Earlier today in the record store with Rob was pretty embarrassing,” I say.
3 Ruth was always her most embarrassing when she was being her nicest.
4 “I will live a thousand lifetimes and it will still be the most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to me.”
5 “When you have one of these,” Alex says, sidling up to him, “you should do two champagne fountains instead of one. Really embarrassing to be at a wedding with only one champagne fountain.”
6 “I’m not going to have a marriage of convenience with you if you’re always embarrassing me with the way you eat burritos,” Alex says, watching her chew.
7 Julia Bishop had seen my most embarrassing and hidden truths, and I knew almost nothing about her.
8 Christ, it’s embarrassing—it used to remind me of her.
9 I took his hand, even though it was really embarrassing and I was secretly afraid of seeing someone from school.
10 Victoria said again, and soon everyone was chanting, “Speech! Speech!” in that embarrassing way and staring at me.
11 an embarrassing failure of memory inauspiciously marked my first appearance as an actor
12 Slavery can no longer be treated like an embarrassing relative whose face is cropped out of a family photo.
13 Okay, I'm going to have to write something really embarrassing now.
14 Editors’ Picks Yet his recent efforts to include more conservative voices on the airwaves generated newsroom suspicion and ultimately led to an embarrassing rebellion over the hiring of Ronna McDaniel, a former Republican Party chair who aided Mr. Trump’s attempt to overturn his 2020 election loss.
15 It was embarrassing enough sitting in homeroom toward the end of the school year when I wasn’t handed my report card and had to go meet with the guidance counselor.
16 A constable might stop him and ask embarrassing questions.
17 “Right. So will you write me another letter? One that’s not so embarrassing?”
18 Whenever the doors parted, she shouted, probably embarrassing the American cousins, but she didn’t care.
19 It was a little embarrassing, since Rabiya and Soojin were the only ones who ever said stuff like that to me before.
20 I had one of my most embarrassing moments in panto in Nottingham.
在诺丁汉我经历了自己在童话剧演出中最尴尬的时刻之一。
2 使人为难的
3 人为难的
4 尴尬的
5 糟糕的
sorry sad foul shocking crappy shitty lousy ill deplorable ghastly cataclysmic crummy putrid lamentable minging a heck of a
6 使显得愚蠢
be left with egg all over your face be left with egg on over your face have left with egg all over your face have left with egg on over your face
7 显得愚蠢
be left with egg all over your face be left with egg on over your face have left with egg all over your face have left with egg on over your face
9 难为情的
10 令人为难的
13 人难堪的
14 使人难堪的
15 难为情