The embarrassing situation caused me to lose face.
令人尷尬的場合讓我丟了面子。
瘋狂英語特別拿手好戲卡 第 25 部分(額外成就感)

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situation [,s?t?u'e??n] 詞頻1 詞根: 坐下
n. (人的)情況;局面,形勢,處境;位置;[心理學]情境;
?? situ=site位置 + ation 名詞后綴→ 形勢,環境
"Steps have been taken to ameliorate the situation."
已經采取措施以改善局面。
近義:incident, intricacy, picture, prickliness, problems, state
face [fes] 詞頻1 詞根: fac
n. 面容;表面;臉;方面; vt.& vi. 面對;面向…;正視;承認; vt. (感到不能)對付;(明知不好辦而)交談;必須對付(某情況);面臨…;
?? face=fac表示臉、面 → 臉;表面;外表
"He screwed up his face at the nasty smell."
聞到這令人作嘔的氣味,他皺眉蹙額.
近義:tackle, brave, breast, confront, front, overlook 反義:parry, avert, prevent, shirk, shun, sidestep
embarrassing [im'b?r?si?]
adj. 使人尷尬的,令人為難的; v. (使)窘迫,(使)局促不安( embarrass的現在分詞);
"His jokes didn't even raise a smile, which was embarrassing."
聽了他講的笑話,都沒人笑一下, 真是太尷尬了.
近義:humiliating, inconvenient, irksome, labored, laborious, nervy
lose [lu:z] 詞頻1 詞根: 分解
vt. 失去;錯過;遺失;耽擱; vi. 損失;輸掉;走慢;降低價值;
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"It is easy for children to lose their self - esteem ."
孩子很容易失去 自尊.
近義:mislay, misplace, miss, waste 反義:prosper, thrive, triumph, win, overcome, conquer
caused
v. 引起;使發生(cause的過去分詞)

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