1、embarrass

使尷尬;使窘迫;使害羞

His clumsiness embarrassed him.

他因自己的笨拙而感到尷尬。

It embarrassed him that he had no idea of what was going on.

對所發生的事情一無所知，這讓他很難堪。

使（公眾人物、組織等）難堪;給…出難題

The Republicans are trying to embarrass the president by thwarting his economic program.

共和黨人企圖通過阻撓總統的經濟計劃使其難堪。

The Government has been embarrassed by the affair.

這件事給政府出了難題。

2、desperate

（因絕望而）孤注一擲的，鋌而走險的，拼命的

Troops are needed to help get food into Kosovo where people are in desperate need.

需要軍隊幫助將科索沃人民亟需的食品送抵那里。

Desperate with anxiety, Bob and Hans searched the whole house.

焦急萬分的鮑勃和漢斯把整座房子找了個遍。

極需要的;渴望的

They'd been married nearly four years and June was desperate to start a family.

他們結婚已快4年了，瓊非常渴望要個孩子。

People are desperate for him to do something.

人們極希望他能做點什么。

極困難的;極嚴重的;極危險的

India's United Nations ambassador said the situation is desperate.

印度駐聯合國大使說形勢非常危急。

I decided not to abandon John when he was in such a desperate position.

我決定不在約翰走投無路的時候拋棄他。