embarrass
翻译
使尴尬, 使窘迫
例句
He tried to embarrass her in front of her friends.
他试图在她朋友面前让她难堪。
The scandal could embarrass the government.
这件丑闻可能会让政府难堪。
语法模式
((sb.)) 使(某人)尴尬 His questions were designed to embarrass the speaker.
近义词
同义词: shame, humiliate, mortify
词源
源自法语“embarrasser”(阻碍,麻烦),最初源自西班牙语“embarazar”。
记忆技巧
拼错这个词会很“尴尬”!记住它有两个'r'和两个's'。