embarrass

• vt.不安にさせる；困らせる；妨げる

em-」は「入る」、「作る」、「bar」は「止める」。ass, 大言壮語の接尾辞、largessを参照。

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.

1. I did not embarrass her with my effusions.

私はあまり情熱的で彼女を困らせたことはありません。

2.She may embarrass you with her uncouth behavior.

彼女の粗野な行動はあなたを気まずい思いにさせるかもしれません。

3.He didn 't mean to embarrass you.

彼はあなたを困らせるつもりはありません。

4.He has decided that he doesn 't want to embarrass the movement and will threfore step down.

彼は運動を困難にしたくないと考え、辞職を決意した。

5.The Republicans are trying to embarrass the president by thwarting his economic program.

共和党員は、大統領の経済計画を妨害することで、それを困らせようとしている。