vt.使窘迫；使尷尬；使為難
vi.窘迫
She dragged up that incident just to embarrass me. 她又扯起那件事故意想使我難堪。
He was embarrassed by many debts. 他被很多債務(wù)弄得焦灼不安。
She may embarrass you with her uncouth behavior. 她的粗野行為可能會(huì)讓你尷尬。
You didn't embarrass me in the slightest. 你一點(diǎn)也沒讓我為難。
用作不及物動(dòng)詞 (vi.)Eye contact may convey sincerity and attentiveness in Western cultures but too much eye contact may embarrass people in some Oriental cultures. 在西方文化，目光接觸能傳遞真誠(chéng)和關(guān)注，但太多的目光接觸在某些東方文化中則令人窘迫。
True, job interviews are rife with opportunities for you to embarrass yourself, but hiring managers are more forgiving than you might think. 不錯(cuò)，面試中充溢了令人窘迫的陷阱，不過招聘經(jīng)理可比你想象的要寬容。
embarrass作“使窘迫; 使難為情”解時(shí),常指阻礙別人自由表達(dá)思想、言語(yǔ)或行動(dòng)的某種影響,暗示或者強(qiáng)調(diào)一種使人窘迫或緊張、受約束的后果。由此引申為“使(某人的計(jì)劃或行動(dòng))受阻、受困擾”。
embarrass可用作及物動(dòng)詞,也可用作不及物動(dòng)詞。用作及物動(dòng)詞時(shí),接名詞或代詞作賓語(yǔ),可用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。
