embarrassment

An old man who sold tobacco, seeing that I was taking a picture of him, got fidgeted and hurriedly adjusted his clothes in embarrassment.

那位卖烟草的大爷，发现我在拍他，立刻露出笑容，不好意思地整理了一下衣服；

Maybe the tide is beginning to turn, ever so slowly, against infibulation, and at least we're seeing some embarrassment about the practice.

也许风向正在发生改变，尽管十分缓慢，但至少我们看到了阴部扣锁这种习俗遭到了一些难堪。

The expansion into non-core activities was one of the basic factors that led to the company's public embarrassment.

向非核心业务扩张，是造成该公司公开出丑的根本原因之一。

He wanted to tell John how surprised he was at his knowledge but embarrassment made him hold his peace.

他想告诉约翰，他没有料到他的知识有这么渊博，但是觉得有些不好意思，没有说出口。

It is all above board, you can do it in office hours and with none of the embarrassment of being on Match. com.

整个过程光明正大，可以在上班时间完成，完全不会有被同事抓到你在看正宗交友网站Match.com的那种尴尬。

He looked away quickly, more quickly than I could, though in a flush of embarrassment I dropped my eyes at once.

他很快收回了目光，比我还快，尽管我立刻就红着脸尴尬得垂下了眼。

And then the embarrassment is going to be crippling, to me, to the luckless company and to the Financial Times.

而后，这种困窘必然给我本人、那家不幸的公司、以及英国《金融时报》造成极大的伤害。

This is often accompanied by feelings of embarrassment and shame, but occasionally with the feeling of pride or freedom.

这种梦境情节中经常表现自己感到困窘或害羞，但有时也有一种获得自由的自豪感。

But he might be taken aback by the popular sympathy for his plight. So might the authorities: the case has become an embarrassment.

但社会公众对其处境的同情让当局很是尴尬，案件的判定可能会受到影响。

When a friend brought a kilo of beef that her mother had stolen for us from her factory canteen, my embarrassment turned to shame.

有一位朋友给我们带来了一公斤牛肉，是她母亲为我们从工厂食堂里偷来的，这时我的尴尬简直变成羞愧了。

but , continued monsieur duval with embarrassment , the least i can do is to give you what you paid for it . please take it as a gift.

“但是，”迪瓦尔先生不好意思地说，“那么至少我也得把您付掉的书款还给您。”

Newland Archer, during this brief episode, had been thrown into a strange state of embarrassment.

在这个短暂的插曲中间，纽兰·阿切尔陷入一种奇怪的尴尬境地。

Yes, the bargain itself, from a liberal perspective, would have been a pretty bad deal, but it would have avoided this embarrassment.

是的，从自由的角度看，协议自身肯定是不完美的，但它至少会解决问题。

But they should not be treated as if they experience such essentially human emotions as embarrassment and a desire for self-expression.

但是，不能认为他们具备人的基本感受，以及具有自我表达的愿望。

To his embarrassment, he then had to call his wife and have her bring him some money.

对他的尴尬，然后他不得不打电话给他的妻子，让她把他一些钱。

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。

How much embarrassment will you accept to take a stand for Jesus?

你愿意为了维护耶稣而面对多少尴尬的处境？

This was a topic from which he always sheered away, as though unwilling to face the embarrassment it caused.

他们总是避开这个话题，仿佛不愿面对由此带来的尴尬局面。

He came to see me and in generous and emotional fashion offered to resign his commission so as to relieve me of any embarrassment.

他前来见我，神情激动，却不失大度地请求解除其职务，以免使我为难。

The word " cringe" is often used to describe the feeling of intense embarrassment in witnessing a certain kind of British comedy.

“局促不安”一词经常用来形容人们在观看某种英国喜剧时那种强烈的尴尬感。