当他在会议上讲那个糟糕的笑话时,我感到非常尴尬。

I was cringing when he told that terrible joke during the meeting.

点击显示答案

I was cringing when he told that terrible joke during the meeting.

cringing 是动词 cringe 的现在分词形式。cringe 本意是"畏缩、退缩",引申为"因尴尬或不适而感到不自在"。这里描述的是听到糟糕笑话时那种尴尬到想躲起来的感觉。

在 App 中完整学习这张卡片

在 App 中学习