embarrassing

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/    美 /ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/|/ɪmˈbæɹ.ə.sɪŋ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of the verb to embarrass; embarrassment. uncountable,usually
    — May 11, 1715, Robert Wodrow, letter to Mrs Wodrow It seemed, at first, to be agreed, that the King should be addressed by the Assembly; but the time of presenting, because of the present embarrassings of affairs, to be left to the Commission.
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of embarrass form-of,gerund,participle,present
形容词 adj.
  1. Causing embarrassment; leading to a feeling of uncomfortable shame or self-consciousness.
    — The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad.

词形变化

embarrassings plural more embarrassing comparative most embarrassing superlative

词源

词源 1
By surface analysis, embarrass + -ing.
词源 2
By surface analysis, embarrass + -ing.
词源 3
By surface analysis, embarrass + -ing.
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