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embarrass
1. (尤指在社交场合)使尴尬,使窘迫
e.g. Her questions about my private life embarrassed me.
e.g. It embarrassed her to meet strange men in the corridor
The speech was deliberately designed to embarrass Zhang Yimou.
First of all, he wrote out a long list of all the foods which were forbidden.
① first of all 首先, 首要 (许多事情中首要的, 即最重要的)
e.g. First of all I must see your passport.
at first 首先(句型at first…, then… 起先……然后……)
② write out 写出,(正式)写,全部写出
e.g. You should write out a report.
The list included most of the things Hugh loves: butter, potatoes, rice, beer, milk, chocolate; and sweets.
①most of… 大部分……
②include和contain都有“包含”的意思,
但contain可以用于表示所包含的全部事物;include则只表示其中的一部分。contain一定是容器里面装, include则含义更广