He made an embarrassing gaffe at the convention last weekend.他在上周末的会议上出了洋相，狼狈不堪。His excellent performance confounded his critics.他的精彩演出使他的批评者狼狈不堪。Life was riddled with petty privation.生活因缺这少那弄得狼狈不堪。He was worsted in a fight with a bigger boy.他跟个子大一些的一个男孩打了一架，结果输得狼狈不堪。