embarrassment
英[ɪm'bærəsmənt;em-]
美[ɪm'bærəsmənt]
- n. 窘迫，难堪；使人为难的人或事物；拮据
英英释意
- 1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
- 2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy);
- "he is currently suffering financial embarrassments"
- 3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed;
- "the outcome of the vote was an embarrassment for the liberals"
- 4. extreme excess;
- "an embarrassment of riches"