embarrassing

adjective

/ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ/

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making you feel shy, uncomfortable or ashamed使人害羞的（或难堪的、惭愧的）
- an embarrassing moment/situation尴尬的时刻/局面
- an embarrassing mistake/gaffe令人尴尬的错误/过失
- an embarrassing question 一个令人难堪的问题
- embarrassing for somebody I didn't want to risk making the rest of the evening painfully embarrassing for both of us.我不想冒险让今晚剩下的时间让我们俩都难堪。
- embarrassing to do something His terrible acting is just embarrassing to watch.他糟糕的演技让人看着尴尬。
- embarrassing (for somebody) (to do something) It can be embarrassing for children to tell complete strangers about such incidents.让孩子们向素不相识的人讲述这样的事情可能是难为了他们。
- embarrassing doing something It was so embarrassing having to sing in public.非得在众人面前唱歌太令人难为情了。
Extra Examples
- I found the whole evening intensely embarrassing.我感觉整个晚上让人极度尴尬。
- It was acutely embarrassing for us all.这对我们所有人来说都极为尴尬。
- My mother's presence made the situation even more embarrassing.母亲在场使局面更加令人尴尬。
- a deeply embarrassing moment非常令人尴尬的时刻
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causing somebody to look stupid, dishonest, etc.使显得愚蠢的（或不诚实的等）
- This EU ruling puts Britain in a very embarrassing position.欧盟的这一裁决让英国处于非常尴尬的境地。
- to be potentially/politically embarrassing潜在的/政治上的尴尬
- embarrassing to somebody The report is likely to prove highly embarrassing to the government.这份报告可能会让政府非常尴尬。
- embarrassing for somebody Such action by a NATO ally would be extremely embarrassing for the United States.北约盟国的这种行动对美国来说将是极其尴尬的。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- prove
- sound
- …
adverb
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
preposition
- for
- to
See full entry