embarrassment
n
1
(a) [U] embarrassing or being embarrassed 窘; 局促不安; 焦急; 忧患
He suffered much embarrassment in his youth. 他年轻时饱经忧患.
(b) [C] person or thing that embarrasses 令人困窘、 不安、 焦虑的人或事物
He's an embarrassment to hisfamily. 他是家中叫人为难的人.
financial embarrassments财务困难.
2 (idm 习语) an embarrassment of `riches too many good things to do, choose from, etc 好东西太多而难以处理、 难以选择等.
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.