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embarrass [im"bærəs] vt.使窘迫、是困惑、使为难,来自法语embarrasser,字面意思表示“阻止”,来自embarras,表示“障碍”,来自意大利语 imbarrazzo,这里的im=in,表示动作的方向和导向+通俗拉丁语barra,在这里表示阻碍物,衍生单词有:
bar [ba:] n.法庭上的被告席(常见的意思包括杆、条、酒吧、门栓等意思);
barrister ["bæristə] n.[英](有资格出席高级法庭的)律师;[美]法律顾问, 律师(字面意思就是被召唤到法庭被告席的学习法律的学生);
disbar [dis"ba:] vt.取消(某人的)律师资格;取消律师的出庭权利;
embargo [em"ba:gəu] n.禁止船舶进出港口的封港令,禁运(反义词解除禁运是disembargo)等等。
embarrassed (adj.)
"perplexed, confused," 1680s, past participle adjective from embarrass.
embarrass (v.)
1670s, "perplex, throw into doubt," from French embarrasser (16c.), literally "to block," from Italianimbarrazzo, from imbarrare "to bar," from assimilated form of in- "into, upon" (see in- (2)) + Vulgar Latin *barra "bar" (see bar (n.1)).
Meaning "to hamper, hinder" is from 1680s. Meaning "make (someone) feel awkward" first recorded 1828. Original sense preserved in embarras de richesse (1751), from French (1726): the condition of having more wealth than one knows what to do with. Related: Embarrassed; embarrassing;embarrassingly.
Etymology of the English word embarrassed
the English word embarrassed
derived from the English word embarrass
derived from the French word embarrasser
derived from the Spanish word embarazar
derived from the Portuguese word embaraçar
derived from the Portuguese word baraço
- coco
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来了来了来就是走嘛