embarrassment

shame, disgrace, embarrassment, dishonour

这些名词均含“丢脸，羞愧”之意。
shame: 多指因非法婚烟、私生、卖国或犯法等而丢失脸面或败坏名声，使他人认为“丢脸”、“可耻”。
disgrace: 常指失去他人的尊敬和称赞而使自己感受到的丢脸、耻辱。
embarrassment: 多指在社交活动中所遇到的尴尬事。
dishonour: 指失去原来享有的光荣或自尊和自重。

名词 embarrassment:

1. the shame you feel when your inadequacy or guilt is made public
2. the state of being embarrassed (usually by some financial inadequacy)
3. some event that causes someone to be embarrassed
4. extreme excess
   同义词：overplus, plethora, superfluity

1. His ignorant behaviour at the dinner table caused much embarrassment.
   他在餐桌上举止粗鲁，在座的人颇为难堪。
2. There was a distinct sense of embarrassment in the air.
   周围的气氛中有一种明显的局促不安的感觉。
3. It seems to me now that he sighed and that I tittered to hide my embarrassment.
   在我现在看来，他那时似乎在叹气，而我吃吃地笑是在隐藏我的尴尬。
4. Mary flushed crimson with embarrassment.
   玛丽羞得脸红了。
5. He's an embarrassment to his family.
   他叫家里人难堪。
6. We met some financial embarrassment.
   我们遇到一些财务困难。