embarrassment
英 [ɪm'bærəsmənt; em-]
美 [ɪm'bærəsmənt]
- n. 恥ずかしさ、困惑；物事を難しくする人や物；制約
英語の語源
- embarrassment (n.)
- 1670s, "state of being impeded, obstructed, or entangled" (of affairs, etc.), from embarrass + -ment, or from French embarrassement, from embarrasser.
As "a mental state of unease," from 1774. Meaning "thing which embarrasses" is from 1729. Earlier words expressing much the same idea include baishment "embarrassment, confusion" (late 14c.); baishednesse (mid-15c.).
例文
- 1. She turned scarlet from embarrassment ，once she realized what she had done.
- 彼女は自分が何をしているのかに気づいて顔を赤くした。
- 2.The facts could cause embarrassment if they ever became public.
- いったん披露すると、真相は非常に気まずいものになる。
- 3.The report has caused acute embarrassment to the government.
- 報告は政府を窮地に追い込んだ。
- 4.I wanted to spare Frances the embarrassment of discussing this subject.
- この話題は気まずいので、フランシスを困らせたくない。
- 5. Embarrassment has kept me from doing all sorts of things.
- 私はいつも気まずいことを恐れて、何もできない。
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