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n.難堪; 窘迫; 令人難堪或恥辱的事;
復數：embarrassments
例句：
1 It is a source of embarrassment to Londoners that the standard of pubs is so low.
酒館水準之低讓倫敦人覺得顏面盡失。
2 Losing thousands of dollars on each vehicle produced, GM discontinued the EV-1 and recalled them, suffering a huge public relations embarrassment in the process.
通用在每臺EV-1上的損失高達數千美元，不得不終止了EV-1項目，並將已售出的車輛統統召回。在此過程中，通用在公關上也陷入了極度難堪的境地。
3 I think I would have died of embarrassment.
我覺得自己難堪得要死。
4 We apologise for any embarrassment this may have caused.
我們為因此可能帶來的尷尬表示歉意。
5 The poverty figures were undoubtedly an embarrassment to the president.
貧困數字毫無疑問讓總統非常難堪。