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embarrass 音标拼音: [ɪmb'ɛrəs] vt. 使困窘,使局促不安,阻碍 使困窘,使局促不安,阻碍 embarrass v 1: cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self- conscious [ synonym: { embarrass}, { abash}] 2: hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of; " His brother blocked him at every turn" [ synonym: { obstruct}, { blockade}, { block}, { hinder}, { stymie}, { stymy}, { embarrass}] Embarrass \ Em* bar" rass\ ([ e^] m* b[ a^] r" ras), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Embarrassed} ([ e^] m* b[ a^] r" rast); p. pr. & vb. n. { Embarrassing}.] [ F. embarrasser ( cf. Sp. embarazar, Pg. embara[, c] ar, Pr. barras bar); pref. em- ( L. in) LL. barra bar. See { Bar}.] 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. [ WordNet sense 1] Syn: abash, discompose, disconcert, discomfit, chagrin. [ 1913 Webster PJC] 2. To hinder from liberty of movement; to impede; to obstruct; as, business is embarrassed; public affairs are embarrassed. [ WordNet sense 2] Syn: obstruct, blockade, block, hinder, stymie. [ 1913 Webster] 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. [ 1913 Webster]
Embarrass \ Em* bar" rass\, n. [ F. embarras. See { Embarrass}, v. t.] Embarrassment. [ Obs.] -- Bp. Warburton. [ 1913 Webster] 106 Moby Thesaurus words for " embarrass": abash, absorb, addle, addle the wits, agitate, awkward, ball up, becloud, bedazzle, befuddle, bewilder, bother, bug, burden, cast down, catch up in, chagrin, cloud, concern, confound, confuse, cramp, cripple, cumber, daze, dazzle, deflate, discombobulate, discomfit, discommodious, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disgrace, dismay, disorganize, disorient, distress, disturb, draw in, embarrassing, encumber, engage, enmesh, ensnarl, entangle, entoil, entrammel, entrap, entwine, faze, fetter, flummox, flurry, fluster, flutter, fog, fuddle, fuss, hamper, hamstring, handicap, hobble, humble, humiliate, impede, implicate, incommodious, interest, involve, lame, let down, lime, lumber, maze, mist, mix up, moider, mortify, muddle, net, nonplus, perplex, perturb, pother, press down, put out, put to shame, queer, raise hell, rattle, ruffle, saddle with, shackle, shame, show up, snarl, suck into, tangle, throw into confusion, toil, trammel, unsettle, upset, vex, weigh down
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