| 单词 | political embarrassment |
| 释义 | political embarrassment 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 |
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