embarrass

英 [ɪm'bærəs; em-] 美 [ɪm'bærəs]

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※ 提供单词"embarrass"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

embarrass 窘迫

em-, 进入，使。bar, 阻止。-ass, 大词后缀，见largess.

embarrass: embarrass: [17] As in the case of embargo, the etymological meaning of embarrass is ‘put behind bars’. It comes ultimately from Italian imbarrare ‘surround with bars’, hence ‘impede’, a compound verb formed from the prefix in- ‘in’ and Vulgar Latin *barra ‘bar’ (source of English bar). From this was derived imbarazzare, which passed into English via Spanish embarazar and French embarrasser. Its original meaning ‘impede, hamper’ remains in use, chiefly in the context ‘financially embarrassed’, but has been overtaken in frequency by ‘disconcert’.
=> bar, barrier
embarrass (v.): 1670s, "perplex, throw into doubt," from French embarrasser (16c.), literally "to block," from Italian imbarrazzo, from imbarrare "to bar," from assimilated form of in- "into, upon" (see in- (2)) + Vulgar Latin *barra "bar" (see bar (n.1)).

Meaning "to hamper, hinder" is from 1680s. Meaning "make (someone) feel awkward" first recorded 1828. Original sense preserved in embarras de richesse (1751), from French (1726): the condition of having more wealth than one knows what to do with. Related: Embarrassed; embarrassing; embarrassingly.

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4. He has decided that he doesn't want to embarrass the movement and will therefore step down.: 他已拿定主意：他不想令运动陷入困窘的境地，因此决心辞职。

5. The Republicans are trying to embarrass the president by thwarting his economic program.: 共和党人企图通过阻挠总统的经济计划使其难堪。