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

If you embarrass someone, you make them feel self-conscious, awkward, or even stupid. Your mom might embarrass you by inviting your date to check out your childhood photos.

Embarrass actually has another meaning, but it's very rarely used: to blockade, hinder, obstruct, or stymie. Nowadays, we tend to embarrass one another (and ourselves) by pretty much sticking to the basics: making fun of our friends when they blunder, accidentally revealing secrets in public, confessing our undying love to people who don't even know we exist, and all the millions of creative and frustrating ways we have of making mistakes.

WORD FAMILY

embarrass: disembarrass, embarrassed, embarrasses, embarrassing, embarrassment+/disembarrass: disembarrassed, disembarrasses, disembarrassing, disembarrassment/embarrassed: embarrassedly, unembarrassed/embarrassing: embarrassingly/embarrassment: embarrassments/unembarrassed: unembarrassedly

USAGE EXAMPLES

“First time I’ve ever been so embarrassed by you guys.”

The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017)

It started with an embarrassing blowout loss against an NFC West opponent.

Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017)

I was too embarrassed to tell them the truth: Being thin was more important than breathing.

Salon(Jan 01, 2017)

1v cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

abash

confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off

cause to feel embarrassment

fluster

cause to be nervous or upset

bother

make confused or perplexed or puzzled

deflect, distract

draw someone's attention away from something

discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset

cause to lose one's composure

2v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of

Syn|Hypo|Hyper

block, blockade, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy

stonewall

obstruct or hinder any discussion

filibuster

obstruct deliberately by delaying

check

block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey

hang

prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury

bottleneck

slow down or impede by creating an obstruction

forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent

keep from happening or arising; make impossible

单词	embarrass
释义	embarrass (once / 176 pages) v If you embarrass someone, you make them feel self-conscious, awkward, or even stupid. Your mom might embarrass you by inviting your date to check out your childhood photos. Embarrass actually has another meaning, but it's very rarely used: to blockade, hinder, obstruct, or stymie. Nowadays, we tend to embarrass one another (and ourselves) by pretty much sticking to the basics: making fun of our friends when they blunder, accidentally revealing secrets in public, confessing our undying love to people who don't even know we exist, and all the millions of creative and frustrating ways we have of making mistakes. WORD FAMILY embarrass: disembarrass, embarrassed, embarrasses, embarrassing, embarrassment+/disembarrass: disembarrassed, disembarrasses, disembarrassing, disembarrassment/embarrassed: embarrassedly, unembarrassed/embarrassing: embarrassingly/embarrassment: embarrassments/unembarrassed: unembarrassedly USAGE EXAMPLES “First time I’ve ever been so embarrassed by you guys.” The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) It started with an embarrassing blowout loss against an NFC West opponent. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) I was too embarrassed to tell them the truth: Being thin was more important than breathing. Salon(Jan 01, 2017) 1v cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper abash confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off cause to feel embarrassment fluster cause to be nervous or upset bother make confused or perplexed or puzzled deflect, distract draw someone's attention away from something discomfit, discompose, disconcert, untune, upset cause to lose one's composure 2v hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of Syn\|Hypo\|Hyper block, blockade, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy stonewall obstruct or hinder any discussion filibuster obstruct deliberately by delaying check block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey hang prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury bottleneck slow down or impede by creating an obstruction forbid, foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent keep from happening or arising; make impossible
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