He tried to evade the embarrassing question.

他企图回避这令人难堪的问题。

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Particularly when asked a difficult or embarrassing question, the person may blush, with redness appearing across the face and sometimes into ears and down the neck.

特别是被问到难题或者尴尬的问题时，回答者会满脸通红，有时还会红到耳根和脖子。

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One of the delegates asked an embarrassing question.

其中有位代表提了一个令人难堪的问题。

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