Word · Frequency #4482
Fully loadedembarrassment
尴尬；难堪；羞愧
核心释义
the uncomfortable feeling of shame or awkwardness in a social situation
- 1.
因害羞或意识到违反社会规则而产生的不适感；难堪。
A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
- 2.
因自身不足或过错被公开而感到的羞愧
the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
- 3.
使他人难堪的人或事物。
A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
- 4.
常因经济拮据而感到的困窘
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
- 5.
大量优质或有价值的东西,尤指超出需求或造成某种阻碍。
A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
- 6.
导致尴尬的事件
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
- 7.
困惑；犹豫；不确定。
A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty.
令人难堪的人（或事物）；尴尬事；经济困难；拮据；财政窘迫；过多；过剩；困惑；慌乱；犹豫；功能障碍；窘迫
用法In use
She tried to hide her embarrassment when she spilled coffee on the table.
用法提示：embarrassment 是名词，表示因出丑而产生的难堪感受，在这里作 hide 的宾语。
His face turned red with embarrassment when everyone started laughing.
用法提示：embarrassment 为不可数名词，与 with 连用表示原因，说明脸红是因为难堪。
To my embarrassment, I forgot my friend's name.
用法提示：embarrassment 在 to my embarrassment 中作名词，表示令人尴尬的事情或感受。
he is currently suffering financial embarrassments
the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals
feel embarrassment
常用于描述个人的尴尬情绪。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- cause embarrassment
- 引起尴尬
- His inappropriate joke caused embarrassment among the guests.他不合时宜的笑话在客人中引起了尴尬。
- feel embarrassment
- 感到尴尬
- She felt embarrassment when she realized her mistake.她意识到自己的错误后感到尴尬。
- source of embarrassment
- 尴尬的来源
- The typo in the report was a source of embarrassment for the team.报告中的拼写错误是团队尴尬的来源。
- avoid embarrassment
- 避免尴尬
- He checked his appearance twice to avoid embarrassment.他检查了两次自己的外表以避免尴尬。
- public embarrassment
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：在酒吧（bar）里像驴（ass）一样出丑 → 尴尬。embarrassment 中隐藏着 bar 和 ass。
语境与语域Context & Register
常用于个人尴尬、社交失误、经济困难等语境，中性语体，正式与非正式均可使用。
语法说明Grammar Note
表示“尴尬/羞愧”这一情绪状态时通常不可数；表示“令人难堪的人或事”时是可数名词，复数形式为 embarrassments。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
No common words rhyme with embarrassment; words ending in -ment (harassment, arrangement, development) share the suffix but have different stressed vowels. Embarrass (verb) looks similar but lacks the suffix and is pronounced with the same stressed vowel /ɛ/.
高价值词汇High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Dictionary facts from DICTIONARY_API_DEV, ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.