embarrass
翻譯
使尷尬, 使窘迫
例句
He tried to embarrass her in front of her friends.
他試圖在她朋友面前讓她難堪。
The scandal could embarrass the government.
這件醜聞可能會讓政府難堪。
文法模式
((sb.)) 使(某人)尷尬 His questions were designed to embarrass the speaker.
近義詞
同義詞: shame, humiliate, mortify
詞源
源自法語「embarrasser」(阻礙,麻煩),最初源自西班牙語「embarazar」。
記憶技巧
拼錯這個詞會很「尷尬」!記住它有兩個'r'和兩個's'。