embarrassment
英[?m'b?r?sm?nt;em-]
美[?m'b?r?sm?nt]
- n. 窘迫，難堪；使人為難的人或事物；拮據
英英釋意
- 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"