词汇精讲：

1. graze

双语释义：touch or scrape (sth) lightly while passing

[vt.]（经过时）触及或轻擦（某物）; 磨擦; 蹭

语法用法：~ (sth) (against/along sth)

典型范例：Our bumpers just grazed as we passed.

我们错车时保险杠互相蹭了一下。

A bullet grazed against his cheek.

子弹擦伤了他的面颊。

2. lawsuit

双语释义：a claim or complaint against sb that a person or an organization can make in a court of law

[u.n] 诉讼，控诉

典型范例：As we were poor we lost the lawsuit.

由于我们穷，官司打输了。

The lawsuit was then pending.

那件讼案因而尚未解决。

短语精讲：

1. be terrible about：对......感到很糟糕，对.....感到可怕

例：Let's have coffee together, I feel terrible about what happened.

让我们一起喝杯咖啡，我对所发生的事感到很难受。

I later felt terrible about this. They headed up to find those people and met death instead.

结果是多么可怕:这些警察和消防队员赶去救他们，却和他们死在了一起。

2. mean for：故意企图（某事发生），故意打算让（某事发生）

例：It was an accident. I didn't mean for it to happen.

这真的是意外，我不是故意的。

3. an embarrassment for sb：对某人来说难堪

例：The case is an acute embarrassment for the Government.

这件事情让政府极其为难。

It would be an embarrassment for me to go back home form work in advance.

提早下班我不好意思。

4. be embarrassed about：因......而尴尬，因......而局促不安

例：This can make them nervous or embarrassed about speaking English in public.

这可能导致他们在公众场合说英语感到紧张或尴尬。

I' m embarrassed about my mistake, so please don' t draw attention to it.

我出了这种错误很不好意思, 请不要和别人提起。

7. be excited about：因......而兴奋

例：I'm really excited about seeing Grandpa.

一想到要见到爷爷， 我就觉得兴奋。

You know I'm very excited about his arrival.

知道我对他的到来是多么兴奋。

8. an embarrassment to sb.：让某人为难的人

例：He's an embarrassment to his family.

他是家中叫人为难的人。