"embarrass" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 使尷尬
• 使難堪

Definition

使某人在別人面前感到尷尬、難為情或不自在。常用來指某種情況讓人在社交場閤中覺得不舒服或失去自信。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

通常後面直接接人，如 'embarrass someone'。常見搭配有 'That embarrassed me' 和 'Don't embarrass yourself'。它比 'make uncomfortable' 更強，也更偏向社交上的難堪。'Embarrassed' 表示人的感受，'embarrassing' 表示讓人尷尬的事物。

Examples

Please don't embarrass me in front of my friends.

請不要在我朋友面前**讓我尷尬**。

His joke did not embarrass her.

他的玩笑沒有**讓她尷尬**。

I didn't mean to embarrass you.

我不是故意**讓你尷尬**的。

She always tells baby stories to embarrass her brother at family dinners.

她總是在家庭聚餐時講他小時候的糗事來**讓**她弟弟**尷尬**。

I'm not trying to embarrass you, but your shirt is inside out.

我不是想**讓你尷尬**，但你的襯衫穿反了。

He laughed it off instead of letting the mistake embarrass him.

他一笑帶過，沒有讓那個錯誤**讓**自己**尷尬**。