| 单词 | embarrassment |
| 释义 | embarrassment (once / 446 pages) 1n 2n When you feel embarrassment, you are self-conscious or ashamed. Embarrassment might keep you from wearing your Statue of Liberty Halloween costume in public. Something that makes you blush — like when ten people rush up to tell you how great your tuba solo was or realizing that you left the house in your pajama bottoms — causes you embarrassment. The person or thing that makes you feel awkward and ashamed can also be described as an embarrassment. To avoid embarrassment, remember to double the r's and s's when you spell embarrassment. WORD FAMILYembarrassment: embarrassments+/disembarrass: disembarrassed, disembarrasses, disembarrassing, disembarrassment/embarrass: disembarrass, embarrassed, embarrasses, embarrassing, embarrassment/embarrassed: embarrassedly, unembarrassed/embarrassing: embarrassingly/unembarrassed: unembarrassedly USAGE EXAMPLESThe UK government's lack of support for start-ups attending the CES tech show is a "source of embarrassment", according to the event's organiser. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) It was a performance similar to the Week 15 embarrassment against Carolina, only worse. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) For other surnames, some English spellings are meant to avoid embarrassment. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) 1 1n the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public Hypo|Hyper self-consciousness, uncomfortableness, uneasiness embarrassment deriving from the feeling that others are critically aware of you shamefacedness, sheepishnessfeeling embarrassed about yourself chagrin, humiliation, mortificationstrong feelings of embarrassment confusion, discombobulationa feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused abashment, bashfulnessfeeling embarrassed due to modesty discomfiture, discomposure, disconcertion, disconcertmentanxious embarrassment shame a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt 2n some event that causes someone to be embarrassed the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals Ant|Hyper disembarrassment something that extricates you from embarrassment trouble an event causing distress or pain 3n the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy) 2he is currently suffering financial embarrassments Hyper emotional state, spirit the state of a person's emotions (especially with regard to pleasure or dejection) n extreme excess an embarrassment of riches Syn|Hypo|Hyper overplus, plethora, superfluity redundance, redundancy the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded deadwood, fifth wheelsomeone or something that is unwanted and unneeded excess, excessiveness, inordinateness immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits |
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