embarrassment
/ɪmˈbæɹ.əs.mənt/ 名词 B1中文： 困窘
- A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
- A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another. · Jack, you are an embarrassment to this family.· Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.
- A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements or causes some sort of hindrance.
- A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty.
- Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
- Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.
- A group of pandas (ie. red panda, giant panda)
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Her sensitive little face suddenly flushed scarlet and embarrassment sat on her brow.
As for the gentleman himself, _his_ feelings were chiefly expressed, not by embarrassment or dejection, or by trying to avoid her, but by stiffness of manner and resentful silence.
Wickham’s alarm now appeared in a heightened complexion and agitated look; for a few minutes he was silent; till, shaking off his embarrassment, he turned to her again, and said in the gentlest of accents,--
She had instinctively turned away; but stopping on his approach, received his compliments with an embarrassment impossible to be overcome.
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