| 单词 | embarrassment |
| 释义 | embarrassment (ɪmbærəsmənt ) Word forms: embarrassments 1. variable noun B2 Embarrassment is the feeling you have when you are embarrassed. It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low. [+ to] I think I would have died of embarrassment. We apologise for any embarrassment this may have caused. Synonyms: shame, distress, showing up [informal], humiliation 2. countable noun An embarrassment is an action, event, or situation which causes problems for a politician, political party, government, or other public group. The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president. [+ to] Synonyms: problem, difficulty, nuisance, source of trouble 3. singular noun B2 If you refer to a person as an embarrassment, you mean that you disapprove of them but cannot avoid your connection with them. [disapproval] You have been an embarrassment to us from the day Douglas married you. [+ to] 4. embarrassment of riches phrase If you say that someone has an embarrassment of riches, you mean that they have so many good things that these things are a problem. The art gallery's problem is an embarrassment of riches, with nowhere to put most of them. Idioms: an embarrassment of riches [literary] so many good things that you cannot choose between them, or that they become a problem for you in some other way Football fans have an embarrassment of riches to choose from next week when three matches will be screened live simultaneously. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: cause embarrassment Its publication will no doubt cause embarrassment to the Prime Minister. The Sun (2015) Please do not redeem this coupon against any other product as refusal may cause embarrassment. The Sun (2011) The Jobcentre warns the position 'may cause embarrassment to some people'. The Sun (2008) Growing up it was a considerable embarrassment to me. The Sun Ministers will say that the strategy will be overhauled - a considerable embarrassment after the 280 million spent on initiatives they promised would transform thousands of young people's lives. Times, Sunday Times To our delight - and considerable embarrassment - flowers were delivered to my wife the following day, with the message that he remembered the previous occasion well. Times, Sunday Times But they clearly weren't authorized and because they would be the source of considerable embarrassment to her, we decided not to publish them. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This episode was a considerable embarrassment to the communist government. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The government faces embarrassment, and further questions about data control, after the incident. Times, Sunday Times Over the summer the group faced embarrassment and extra costs after laptop batteries that it supplied had to be recalled because they were fire hazards. Times, Sunday Times So you wonder what he said to them at the interval as they were facing embarrassment against a team ranked 53rd out of 54 teams in this tournament. The Sun Otherwise, we could be facing embarrassment. The Sun Empathize with their fear of embarrassment, of not being able to follow through, of what others will say. Christianity Today The early hour also benefited the viewers, as they could learn to read without fear of embarrassment. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They discovered that the fear of embarrassment was actually much greater than the reality. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Social phobia: fear of other people or social situations such as performance anxiety or fears of embarrassment by scrutiny of others. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The leaking of the report is a further embarrassment for Britain's secret services. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Last night a legal expert said that such an action could leave the trust open to further embarrassment. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He should throw in the towel to spare himself further embarrassment. The Sun (2008) The incident caused huge embarrassment within the upper echelons of the royal family. Times, Sunday Times (2013) That was a huge embarrassment to bosses as traders prize reliability. The Sun (2013) But it has changed into a huge embarrassment for English football and its standing abroad. Times, Sunday Times (2006) Each of the four goals they conceded was a major embarrassment for a team that, year-in year-out, fancies itself among the world's elite. Times, Sunday Times What seems cute and quirky now will be a major embarrassment when she's a fortysomething. The Sun More than the disapproval of all the four states of the new expert committee that was proposed, the proposal turned out to be a major embarrassment for the tribunal. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It said there was no threat to national security but the claims did carry 'the risk of political embarrassment to the government'. Times, Sunday Times Officials sometimes used the phrase to cover up political embarrassment or mistakes by the security services. Times, Sunday Times The intrusive material was quickly removed, but not before causing great political embarrassment to the first minister. Times, Sunday Times Scaling back his austerity programme may be a political embarrassment, but he's got more important things to worry about. Times, Sunday Times Surely better, though, to risk political embarrassment than endanger national security and have this threat hang over us. The Sun Instead, they fake it to prevent potential embarrassment. Times, Sunday Times And then the potential embarrassment of a wrong judgment. Times, Sunday Times So sensitive to his potential embarrassment was she, that she barely dared open her mouth all the time his friend was there. Times, Sunday Times But he turned potential embarrassment into a triumph by making a joke out of it. Times, Sunday Times His political opponents were quick to jump on the potential embarrassment caused by the selfie backlash. Times, Sunday Times I imagine potential applicants this time must be weighing the public embarrassment against that cash injection. Times, Sunday Times But it has also caused much public embarrassment. Times, Sunday Times Critics have accused the regulator of hurriedly ditching the basic principles by which grades are set and standards maintained to avoid shortterm public embarrassment. Times, Sunday Times It's his job to protect his chief executive from public embarrassment, and he failed completely. Times, Sunday Times They have absolutely no capacity for self-deprecation; they loathe public embarrassment. Times, Sunday Times Save your embarrassment for when you do something properly tragic. The Sun Someone should introduce him to toastie makers first to save any embarrassment. The Sun If this idea were adopted, consumers would be saved the embarrassment of leaving food on the plate or eating more than was wanted or required. Times,Sunday Times Labour has been saved the embarrassment of cancelling its annual conference after a row over security was resolved with less than a month to go. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 尴尬 Japanese: きまり悪さ |
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