embarrass
- IPA[emˈberəs]
美式
- cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed；be caused financial difficulties
verb: embarrass, 3rd person present: embarrasses, gerund or present participle: embarrassing, past tense: embarrassed, past participle: embarrassed
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動詞
- 1. cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed she wouldn't embarrass either of them by making a scene
- ▪ be caused financial difficulties he would be embarrassed by an inheritance tax
- ▪ hamper or impede (a person, movement, or action) the state of the rivers will embarrass the enemy in a considerable degree
- ▪ make difficult or intricate; complicate.
- feeling or showing embarrassment: I felt quite embarrassed whenever I talked to her an embarrassed silence
Oxford Dictionary
- feeling or showing embarrassment: an embarrassed silence he became embarrassed at his own effusiveness
Oxford American Dictionary
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- IPA[ɪmˈbarəs]
英式
- cause (someone) to feel awkward, self-conscious, or ashamed: she wouldn't embarrass either of them by making a scene
Oxford Dictionary
