embarrass

Word family (noun) embarrassment (adjective) embarrassed embarrassing (verb) embarrass (adverb) embarrassingly

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishembarrassem‧bar‧rass /ɪmˈbærəs/ verb [transitive] 1 EMBARRASSEDto make someone feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable, especially in front of other people He didn’t want to embarrass her by asking questions.2 PPEMBARRASSEDto do something that causes problems for a government, political organization, or politician, and makes them look bad The revelations in the press have embarrassed the government.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusembarrass• But the Government has been severely embarrassed by the burgeoning cost of the programme.• I was embarrassed for a moment by my immodesty.• One woman was trying to embarrass me by asking me questions I couldn't answer.• The release of these secret documents has embarrassed the administration.• It will only embarrass the Church.• They'd do it deliberately to embarrass the Government.• I hope I didn't embarrass you in front of your friends.• I hope my little dance didn't embarrass you.Origin embarrass (1600-1700) French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, perhaps from Vulgar Latin barra “bar”

单词	embarrass
释义	embarrass Word family (noun) embarrassment (adjective) embarrassed embarrassing (verb) embarrass (adverb) embarrassingly From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishembarrassem‧bar‧rass /ɪmˈbærəs/ ●●○ verb [transitive] 1 EMBARRASSEDto make someone feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable, especially in front of other people He didn’t want to embarrass her by asking questions.2 PPEMBARRASSEDto do something that causes problems for a government, political organization, or politician, and makes them look bad The revelations in the press have embarrassed the government.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpusembarrass• But the Government has been severely embarrassed by the burgeoning cost of the programme.• I was embarrassed for a moment by my immodesty.• One woman was trying to embarrass me by asking me questions I couldn't answer.• The release of these secret documents has embarrassed the administration.• It will only embarrass the Church.• They'd do it deliberately to embarrass the Government.• I hope I didn't embarrass you in front of your friends.• I hope my little dance didn't embarrass you.Origin embarrass (1600-1700) French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar, perhaps from Vulgar Latin barra “bar”
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