embarrassment
英 [ɪmˈbær.əs.mənt]
美 [ɪmˈber.əs.mənt]
记忆“embarrassment”的方法是将它拆分成“em”,"bar",和"ressment"。将“em”想象为突然的动作,"bar"视为一个隔板或障碍,"ressment"暗示重压或状态。将这些元素组合起来,想象有人突然遇到一个障碍,感到压力,从而产生尴尬的情绪。这种方法通过构建一个场景来帮助记忆这个单词。
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- embarrassment (n.)
- 1670s, "state of being impeded, obstructed, or entangled" (of affairs, etc.), from embarrass + -ment, or from French embarrassement, from embarrasser.
As "a mental state of unease," from 1774. Meaning "thing which embarrasses" is from 1729. Earlier words expressing much the same idea include baishment "embarrassment, confusion" (late 14c.); baishednesse (mid-15c.).
- 1. She turned scarlet from embarrassment, once she realized what she had done.
- 她意识到自己做了什么后羞红了脸。
- 2. The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.
- 一旦披露出去,真相会让人非常尴尬。
- 3. The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government.
- 报告将政府置于窘境。
- 4. I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject.
- 讨论这个话题太尴尬,我不想让弗朗西斯难堪。
- 5. Embarrassment has kept me from doing all sorts of things.
- 我总是害怕受窘,什么事都不敢去做。