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embarrassed
(
adj
.)不好意思
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Em·bar·rass
v. t.
[
imp. &
p
. p.
Embarrassed
p.
pr
. &
vb
. n.
Embarrassing
.]
1.
To
hinder
from
freedom
of
thought
,
speech
,
or
action
by
something
which
impedes
or
confuses
mental
action
;
to
make
(
a
person
)
unpleasantly
self-conscious
;
to
perplex
;
to
discompose
;
to
disconcert
;
as
,
laughter
may
embarrass
an
orator
. [wns=1]
Syn:
--
abash
,
discompose
,
disconcert
,
discomfit
,
chagrin
.
2.
To
hinder
from
liberty
of
movement
;
to
impede
;
to
obstruct
;
as
,
business
is
embarrassed
;
public
affairs
are
embarrassed
. [wns=2]
Syn:
--
obstruct
,
blockade
,
block
,
hinder
,
stymie
.
3.
Com.
To
involve
in
difficulties
concerning
money
matters
;
to
incumber
with
debt
;
to
beset
with
urgent
claims
or
demands
; --
said
of
a
person
or
his
affairs
;
as
,
a
man
or
his
business
is
embarrassed
when
he
can
not
meet
his
pecuniary
engagements
.
Syn:
--
To
hinder
;
perplex
;
entangle
;
confuse
;
puzzle
;
disconcert
;
abash
;
distress
. --
To
Embarrass
,
Puzzle
,
Perplex
.
We
are
puzzled
when
our
faculties
are
confused
by
something
we
do
not
understand
.
We
are
perplexed
when
our
feelings
,
as
well
as
judgment
,
are
so
affected
that
we
know
not
how
to
decide
or
act
.
We
are
embarrassed
when
there
is
some
bar
or
hindrance
upon
us
which
impedes
our
powers
of
thought
,
speech
,
or
motion
.
A
schoolboy
is
puzzled
by
a
difficult
sum
;
a
reasoner
is
perplexed
by
the
subtleties
of
his
opponent
;
a
youth
is
sometimes
so
embarrassed
before
strangers
as
to
lose
his
presence
of
mind
.
From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
embarrassed
adj
1:
feeling
or
caused
to
feel
uneasy
and
self-conscious
; "
felt
abashed
at
the
extravagant
praise
"; "
chagrined
at
the
poor
sales
of
his
book
"; "
was
embarrassed
by
her
child's
tantrums
" [
syn
:
abashed
,
chagrined
]
2:
caused
to
feel
self-conscious
and
uncomfortable
; "
was
discomfited
by
the
personal
questions
"; "
the
child
felt
embarrassed
by
the
attention
of
the
adults
" [
syn
:
discomfited
]
3:
made
to
feel
uncomfortable
because
of
shame
or
wounded
pride
; "
too
embarrassed
to
say
hello
to
his
drunken
father
on
the
street
"; "
humiliated
that
his
wife
had
to
go
out
to
work
"; "
felt
mortified
by
the
comparison
with
her
sister
"
[
syn
:
humiliated
,
mortified
]
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