embarrassment
英 [?m'b?r?sm?nt; em-]
美[?m'b?r?sm?nt]
- n. 窘迫，难堪；使人为难的人或事物；拮据
考试真题
- But adding Venice to the UNESCO endangered list—which is dominated by sites in developing and conflict- ridden countries—would be an international embarrassment, and could even hurt Italy's profitable tourism industry.
2018年6月四级真题（第二套）阅读 Section B
- Assuming all goes well, the airport should open in October 2020, but the still empty airport stands as the biggest embarrassment to Germany's reputation for efficiency and a continuing drain on city and state resources.
2019年12月六级真题（第二套）听力 Section C
- They include photos repurposed for inappropriate or illegal means, identity theft, embarrassment, bullying by peers or digital kidnapping.
2018年12月六级真题（第三套）阅读 Section B
- with them, there's not the same embarrassment as when buying one carrot in a little greengrocer.
2013年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ