【embarrass音标】 英[ɪmˈbærəs] 美[ɪmˈbærəs]
【单词释义】 embarrass是什么意思：
vt.&vi.（使）窘迫，（使）局促不安；（使）困难
[单词分级] 高考英语词汇
[第三人称单数] embarrasses
[单词现在分词] embarrassing
[单词过去式] embarrassed
[单词过去分词] embarrassed
【embarrass形近词/近似词】
brass n.黄铜；铜管乐器；黄铜饰品
morass n.困境；陷阱；沼泽
harass v.骚扰；侵扰；不断攻击或骚扰（敌人）
crass adj.愚钝的；粗鲁的；非常的
grass n.草，青草；草地
【单词例句】
◇ When his wife rang him up to declare her divorce alarm, he was still scanning a digital counter to check the data so as to give an assessment of the theoretical framework for a biochemical weapon. His junior staff's sympathy made him feel embarrassed.
当他的妻子打来电话宣布和他离婚的警告时，他还在查看一台数码计数器核对数据，以对一种生物化学武器的理论框架做出评估。他的下级职员表现出的同情使他很尴尬。
---- Happy Marriage Needs Fighting For
◇ He suddenly dashed to hug me and kissed me on both cheeks. As a young girl, I felt truly embarrassed and put up my hands to defend myself. His false smile told me that he had lost face.
他突然猛冲过来拥抱我，还亲了我的脸颊。还是个年轻姑娘的我感到真尴尬，不由自主举起手来保护自己。他的假笑告诉我他感到丢了面子。
---- A Misunderstanding
◇ "I should like to know how the weavers are getting on with my cloth," said the Emperor to himself, after some little time had elapsed; he was, however, rather embarrassed, when he remembered that a simpleton, or one unfit for his office, would be unable to see the manufacture.
“我很想知道他们织布究竟织得怎样了，”皇帝想。不过，他立刻就想起了愚蠢的人或不称职的人是看不见这布的。他心里的确感到有些不大自在。
◇ While sweating can be embarrassing, it's an essential body function to help keep us cool.
尽管流汗令人尴尬，但却是人体的一项重要功能，有助于保持凉爽。
---- Drinking hot tea in summer really does cool you down
◇ The sons went to their betrothed and urged them to spin their best Highly embarrassed, the youngest boy took the hemp to the rim of the ditch and called:
儿子们找到自己的未婚妻，叮嘱她们仔细地纺。小王子觉得很沮丧，他拿着麻，来到水沟边，喊道：
---- The Prince Who Married a Frog
◇ Whether they are male or female, adolescents feel like deciding on everything themselves in spite of parents’ instruction, especially when they face problems like sex, mental stress, etc., which make them feel ashamed and embarrassed.
不论男女，青少年们都喜欢不顾家长的指导，自己对一切作决定，特别是当他们面对如性、心理压力等等一些使他们觉得羞愧和尴尬的问题时更是如此。