Word · Frequency #19310
embarrassingly
使人尴尬地；令人难堪地
in a way that causes embarrassment
- 1.
In an embarrassing manner.
令人尴尬地
- 2.
To the point of embarrassment; to an extreme or bewildering degree.
达到令人尴尬的程度；极其或令人困惑地
- 3.
Causing embarrassment.
引起尴尬的
令人尴尬地；达到令人尴尬的程度；极其或令人困惑地；引起尴尬的；使人尴尬地；使人为难地
In use
The team's performance in the final match was embarrassingly bad.
Embarrassingly, I forgot the name of the person I had just been introduced to.
The salad looked delicious but the portion was embarrassingly tiny.
embarrassingly + adj/adv
修饰形容词或副词时，表示程度高到令人尴尬。
The presentation was embarrassingly bad.
这个演示糟糕得令人难堪。
Embarrassingly, + clause
位于句首作评注性状语，表达说话人认为整件事令人尴尬。
Embarrassingly, I forgot the main point of the meeting.
令人尴尬的是，我忘了会议的重点。
Common mistakes
The results were embarrassing bad.
Connections
Collocations
- embarrassingly bad
- 糟糕得令人尴尬
- The team's performance was embarrassingly bad.这支队伍的表现糟糕得令人尴尬。
- embarrassingly small
- 小得令人难堪
- They offered an embarrassingly small salary for the position.他们为这个职位开出的薪水小得令人难堪。
- embarrassingly simple
- 简单得令人不好意思
- The answer turned out to be embarrassingly simple.答案原来简单得令人不好意思。
- embarrassingly wrong
- 错得令人难堪
- My initial guess was embarrassingly wrong.我最初的猜测错得令人难堪。
- embarrassingly low
- 低得令人尴尬
- The turnout for the event was embarrassingly low.这次活动的出席人数低得令人尴尬。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
联想：embarrass 里有两个 r 和两个 s，像人尴尬时脸红到结巴，再加 -ingly 表示“令人尴尬地”。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：日常对话、书面评论 embarrassingly 是中性副词，通常用于日常对话和一般书面评论，表示‘令人尴尬地；使人难堪地’。正式或学术文体中较少见，但并非不可用，比较常见于对表现、结果等的评价。
Pronunciation & Spelling
发音和拼写提示：embarrassingly 的重音在 /bær/，没有常用词与它完全押韵。以 -ingly 结尾的副词（surprisingly, amazingly, interestingly, alarmingly）拼写相似，末尾都有 /iŋli/，但重音位置不同，所以不押韵。embarrassing 和它共享整个 /ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/ 部分，但少了最后的 /li/；barren 只共享重读的 /bær/ 和拼写 "barr"。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.