英语词汇“embarrass”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

embarrassembarrass /ɪmˈbærəs/ ●●○ verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYembarrass

Origin: 1600-1700 French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar

VERB TABLE

embarrass

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	embarrass
	he, she, it	embarrasses
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	embarrassed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have embarrassed
	he, she, it	has embarrassed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had embarrassed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will embarrass
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have embarrassed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am embarrassing
	he, she, it	is embarrassing
	you, we, they	are embarrassing
Past	I, he, she, it	was embarrassing
	you, we, they	were embarrassing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been embarrassing
	he, she, it	has been embarrassing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been embarrassing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be embarrassing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been embarrassing

1to make someone feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable, especially in front of other people: I hope my little dance didn’t embarrass you.2to do something that causes problems for a government, political organization, or politician, and makes it look bad: The revelations have embarrassed the administration. [Origin: 1600–1700 French embarrasser, from Spanish embarazar]