The speech was a deliberate attempt to embarrass the government.

这一发言蓄意使政府难堪。

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The speech was deliberately designed to embarrass the prime minister.

这个发言是故意为难首相。

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I didn't want to embarrass him by kissing him in front of his friends.

我并没想当着他的朋友吻他而使他感到难堪。

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D'Arcy plans to use the letter to embarrass Madame X's husband and destroy his political power.

VOA: special.2009.12.26

Israel said it did not intend to embarrass Biden, the highest-ranking Obama administration official to visit the region.

VOA: standard.2010.03.11

Chambliss also said he believes the Obama administration is looking for every opportunity it can get to embarrass former President George Bush.

VOA: standard.2009.04.20

The two said that they were trying to embarrass the senator, not hurt him.

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There's a fear of that rogue employee who uses the system to embarrass the company.

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Personally, I doubt that Jobs would ever have allowed the Maps app to embarrass the company.

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