the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
extreme excess同义词:overplus, plethora, superfluity
例句
His ignorant behaviour at the dinner table caused much embarrassment.他在餐桌上举止粗鲁,在座的人颇为难堪。
There was a distinct sense of embarrassment in the air.周围的气氛中有一种明显的局促不安的感觉。
It seems to me now that he sighed and that I tittered to hide my embarrassment.在我现在看来,他那时似乎在叹气,而我吃吃地笑是在隐藏我的尴尬。
Mary flushed crimson with embarrassment.玛丽羞得脸红了。
He's an embarrassment to his family.他叫家里人难堪。
We met some financial embarrassment.我们遇到一些财务困难。
详细解释
em.bar.rass.ment n.(名词)The act or an instance of embarrassing.困窘的事:困窘的动作或事件The state of being embarrassed.困窘:处于困窘的状态A source or cause of being embarrassed.困窘的原因:引起困窘的原因An overabundance:过剩,过多:例句:an embarrassment of choices at a buffet dinner; an embarrassment of riches.在一个小餐馆的正餐中极多的花样;极大的财富