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Embarrassingly tells you that something happens in a way that makes you — or someone else — feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable, or that it is true to a degree that makes people wince.
Embarrassingly tells you that something happens in a way that makes you — or someone else — feel ashamed, nervous, or uncomfortable embarrassingly 是在告訴你,某件事發生的方式讓你——或別人——覺得丟臉、緊張,或不自在, or that it is true to a degree that makes people wince或是某件事真實到讓人忍不住皺眉。
You might say you embarrassingly forgot a name. You might say a film is embarrassingly bad, meaning it is so bad you feel awkward watching it.
You might say you embarrassingly forgot a name你可能會說你 embarrassingly 忘記了一個名字(尷尬地忘了)。You might say a film is embarrassingly bad你可能會說一部電影 embarrassingly bad(爛到讓人尷尬), meaning it is so bad you feel awkward watching it意思是爛到你看的時候都覺得不自在。
It is an adverb: it tells you how, or how much. It does not name the thing itself.
It is an adverb這是一個副詞: it tells you how, or how much它告訴你「怎麼樣」或「到什麼程度」。It does not name the thing itself它並不是在指那件事本身。
People use it in talk and in writing when they want to admit a small social fail, or to judge something as too much. The feeling is social: you are not in danger, but you wish the moment would end.
People use it in talk and in writing人們在說話和寫作時會用它 when they want to admit a small social fail當他們想承認一個小小的社交失誤時, or to judge something as awkwardly too much或是想批評某件事誇張到讓人尷尬。The feeling is social這種感覺是社交性的: you are not in danger你並沒有處於危險之中, but you wish the moment would end但你希望那個當下趕快過去。
組成embarrassing + -ly (in that way, or to that degree).
同家族的字
- embarrassthe verb: to make someone feel ashamed or awkward
- embarrassingthe adjective; this adverb is built from it
- embarrassmentthe noun: the feeling or the awkward situation
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
embarrassinglyadv/ɪmˈbæɹəsɪŋli/
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In an embarrassing manner.
- He stumbled embarrassingly about the dance floor.
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To the point of embarrassment; to an extreme or bewildering degree.
- He soon became not merely tipsy, but embarrassingly drunk.
- He was presented with an embarrassingly long list of options.
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Causing embarrassment.
- Embarrassingly to me, my companion soon got drunk.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。