单词 | embarrassment |
释义 | em·bar·rass·ment 1. a. < his embarrassment when he dropped the cake in his lap was pitiful to see > < the embarrassment of dull minds faced by the complexities of modern life > often < financial embarrassment was chronic in our family > b. < cardiac embarrassment > < respiratory embarrassment > 2. a. < a shrill harsh voice is a serious embarrassment in business and social life > b. < an embarrassment of choice things to see — New York Times > — used especially in the phrase embarrassment of riches < an age that builds whole libraries to house the papers of presidents, an embarrassment of riches — Leon Edel > < the unprejudiced observer would have some difficulty saying just which details might best be dropped, so many wryly devastating moments crop up at every turn — a real embarrassment of riches — Saturday Review > |
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