"embarrassment" in Chinese (Simplified)

尴尬困窘

Definition

在社交场合中感到不舒服、尴尬或羞愧的感觉；也指引起这种感受的事情。

多用于正式或中性语境。常见搭配有“感到尴尬”“极度尴尬”“掩饰尴尬”。不要与形容词 'embarrassing' 混淆，'embarrassment' 用作名词表示感受或原因。

He felt deep embarrassment after making a mistake in class.

他在课堂上犯错后感到很大的**尴尬**。

Her face turned red from embarrassment.

她因为**尴尬**而脸红了。

The joke caused some embarrassment among the guests.

这个笑话让宾客们有些**尴尬**。

You could see his embarrassment when everyone started laughing.

当大家开始笑时，能看出他的**尴尬**。

She tried to hide her embarrassment with a nervous laugh.

她试图用紧张的笑声掩饰自己的**尴尬**。

Missing the bus was a small embarrassment compared to what happened later.

错过公交车和后来发生的事相比，只是个小小的**尴尬**。