embarrassing
美 [ɪmˈberəsɪŋ] 
英 [ɪmˈbærəsɪŋ]
- adj.使人害羞的（或难堪的、惭愧的）；使显得愚蠢的（或不诚实的等）
- v.“embarrass”的现在分词
- 网络令人尴尬的；令人为难的；令人难堪的
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英汉双解
1. | 使人害羞的（或难堪的、惭愧的）making you feel shy, awkward or ashamed |
| an embarrassing mistake/question/situation 令人难堪的错误╱问题╱处境 |
| It can be embarrassing for children to tell complete strangers about such incidents. 让孩子们向素不相识的人讲述这样的事情可能是难为了他们。 |
| It was so embarrassing having to sing in public. 非得在众人面前唱歌太令人难为情了。 |
2. | 使显得愚蠢的（或不诚实的等）causing sb to look stupid, dishonest, etc. |
| The report is likely to prove highly embarrassing to the government. 这份报告可能会让政府非常尴尬。 |
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例句
He had no reasons for anything but gratitude towards her, he owed her his happiness, and yet, it was embarrassing to him to meet her.
他对她原只怀着感激的心情，他今天的幸福是从她那里得来的，可是遇见她总不免有些尴尬。
It was embarrassing for him to bump into one of his ex- girlfriends last night.
昨天晚上撞见其中一个前女友真是让他尴尬。
The breaking of a taboo is usually upsetting or embarrassing for the person concerned .
打破禁忌经常会令相关的人生气或尴尬。
After two years in Egypt, I had developed a sense of humor about my inevitable social gaffes, but they were still embarrassing.
我在埃及呆的这两年，已经对我所演绎的社交丑态脸皮厚到一定程度了，尽管他人依旧尴尬。
The rather grandiose title is somewhat embarrassing, but I think it turned out to be a very interesting book and I hope you try reading it.
使用这个夸张的题目有些不好意思，但是我认为是很有趣的书，希望你们能够阅读。
It is not as if he needs the tax to repair damage from a deep recession or to slash an embarrassing budget deficit.
好像并不是因为他要靠征税来弥补严重衰退造成的破坏，或是削减令人尴尬的预算赤字。
Lawyer: Didn't you think of how embarrassing it would be for her?
律师：你没想过你那样做会让她多窘迫吗？
Clashes between the ruling and opposition parties have already led to an embarrassing vacancy at the helm of the Bank of Japan.
此前，因执政党和反对党之间的冲突，已经导致日本央行（BankofJapan）行长职位令人难堪地一直空缺。
First marriage, the bride put a fart, embarrassing scenes together, one person said: "The bride fart, very lucky. "
一次结婚，新娘放一个屁，场面尴尬起来，一人说：“新娘放屁，很吉利。”
The rest, written by the children of immigrants, too often focus on the weirdness of being the child of embarrassing parents.
剩下的那些是由移民地下一代写成的，那些故事太多的重点都放在作为尴尬父母的孩子的怪异感受。
Should I try to fit in a bit better? Or must I remain an ageing curiosity, a sort of embarrassing elderly relative? Help.
我应该试着合群一点吗？还是该继续当一个老古董，一种类似于年长亲戚的尴尬人物？帮帮忙！
It was getting embarrassing. A meeting with Ms. Tan was approaching, and Han Feng still had not finished the book.
情况变得很尴尬，很快就要和谭恩美会面了，但韩枫还没“读”完小说。
A few days ago we had a list of embarrassing deaths, one of which included death by eating the liver of a fugu (pufferfish).
几天前我们有一张令人尴尬的死亡表，其中包括死于吃河豚的肝脏。
Embarrassing Secret: Your character has a secret about her past that she must hide or else suffer shame and ostracism from her peers.
尴尬的秘密：你的角色在他的过去中有著一个必须隐藏，不然会遭同辈排斥或者羞耻的秘密。
It was an improvement on the embarrassing 37 he had rolled during a stop on the presidential campaign trail a year ago.
这与一年前他在总统竞选期间只得到37分的糟糕成绩相比可谓进步不小。
We cannot wage a perpetual campaign where the only goal is to see who can get the most embarrassing headlines about the other side.
我们不能永无休止地竞选，唯一的目的就是看谁能让另一方在媒体上最难堪。
Try to tell yourself that you don't have to be perfect and that we all do silly or embarrassing things.
试着告诉你自己你并不需要苛求完美，我们都会干出愚蠢和尴尬的事。
I could understand why he would be angry. But I didn't think he had to make a scene about it. It was embarrassing.
他为什么发起怒来，我本来能理解的，但是我认为他不一定要为此闹起来。这真使人难堪。
You know how embarrassing it was for me to try to cash a check today?
你知道我今天拿支票去兑现有多糗吗？
Report commented that the South Korean military, which had to be said to be an embarrassing thing.
报道评论说，对于韩国军方来说，这不得不说是一件囧事。
She had a habit of fixing her cold eyes on people with a steadiness that was not a little embarrassing.
她有一种习惯，常以沉着的冷眼注视人家，自己却一点也不难为情。
For an employer to dismiss a satisfactory worker only because he has fallen out with the union is embarrassing.
对于一个雇主来说，一名令人满意的工人仅仅由于他和工会的纠纷而辞退，是很为难的。
But while this is embarrassing for the nominee, her confirmation by the Democratic-controlled Senate still seems to be in no doubt.
这虽然令人尴尬，但是由于参议院目前控制在民主党手中，她的任命看起来将毫无疑问的获得确认。
Critics say that this kind of cultural infighting is embarrassing to China, especially when attracting foreign dollars is the motive.
批评人士说，这种文化争夺战令中国尴尬，特别是当争斗的动机是为吸引海外游客时。
Not only did he not help me get up or ask if I was okay, he got mad at me for embarrassing him in public.
他不但没有扶我，问问我哪里摔到没有，反而骂我给他在大庭广众之下丢脸了。
They looked like they were ready to go out, while my hair was still messed up like a bird nest, how embarrassing.
他们看起来已整装待发，而我的头发却还蓬乱得像个鸟窝，真令人羞惭。
It's more embarrassing when I'm with a new partner because often they think I'm putting on an act and I worry that it scares them off.
和新性伙伴在一起时我感到更尴尬，因为他们经常认为我装模作样，而我却担心把他们吓着。
eg: The boss yelled at him in front of everyone. It was very embarrassing for him but he needed to be taken down a peg.
老板今天在大家面前训斥他的确让他尴尬，但应该有人消消他的气焰了。
We get the point, Brad. - It's just embarrassing, you know?
我们知道了，布莱德-只是这很尴尬，你知道吗？
He greatly resented the publication of this book, which he saw as an embarrassing invasion of his privacy.
他对于这本书的出版非常恼火，在他看来，这是对他个人隐私的一种侵犯。
This, she knew, would be an embarrassing thing if he made himself conspicuous in any way.
她知道，如果他使自己引起了人们的注意，不管是怎么引起的，这件事都会令她难堪的。
My family did not the Secret Service protection, so the meeting there was a very embarrassing moment.
我的家人并没有特勤局的保护，所以会议上出现了一个令人难堪的时刻。
Chances are that if you know about her problems with hair sprouting out in embarrassing places, then so does she.
如果你想让她们知道她们有在身体尴尬部位露出毛发的问题机会多的是。
It's not easy to pursue a master's degree, so it's very embarrassing to be unemployed when graduate.
读个硕士不容易，不要等到毕业的时候，就业还是尴尬。
Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling stories of our most embarrassing moments.
每个人都善意地笑了笑，接着大家就开始讲自己尴尬的事情。
Vatican officials have no doubt found the exposure of such internal dissent acutely embarrassing.
梵蒂冈官员无疑找到了这种内部持不同政见者，曝光令人极度尴尬。
Yesterday was an embarrassing defeat to the girls in the sales sector, but the joint effort of us 8 guys today has more than made up for it.
虽然昨天女队销售环节的领先让我们觉得相当尴尬，但今天，在我们8个人的共同努力下，我们已经追上了不少。
For this might put him in a rather embarrassing situation, and also harm his relations with the other staff members.
因为这可能使被表扬的人感到尴尬，而且可能破坏他和其他员工的关系。
Unfortunately, this kind of eclecticism made him into a trap of an embarrassing position.
而这种文化调和主义的立场又使得梁漱溟在理论上陷入一种自相矛盾的困境。
It is all thoroughly baffling and embarrassing and will no doubt give anthropologists of the future a lot to puzzle over.
这些活动让人摸不着头脑，让人难堪，会让未来的人类学家百思不得其解。
It would be so embarrassing for people to see me with you!
有人看到我和您在一起会很尴尬的！
It would be a tad embarrassing if Henry, age 11, and Hannah, 15, grew up to be financial ne'er -do-wells.
如果11岁的亨利和15岁的汉纳长大后对理财一窍不通，那多少是有些让我尴尬的。
