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柯林斯词典

同根词

词根：awkward

• adv.

  awkwardly 笨拙地；无技巧地

• n.

  awkwardness 尴尬；笨拙

同近义词

• adj.尴尬的；笨拙的；棘手的；不合适的

  testing   /   embarrassed

同义词辨析

clumsy awkward blundering bungling 【导航词义：笨拙的】

clumsy adj. 笨拙的

例1: The clumsy bear is very funny when shaking its head.

大笨熊摇头时非常可笑。

例2: She made a clumsy attempt to comfort us.

她笨嘴笨舌地安慰我们。

例3: It's not easy walking in these clumsy shoes.

穿着这双笨重的鞋走路真费劲。

awkward adj. 笨拙的；难用的

例1: Adult as he is, he is still awkward with chopsticks.

他虽然已经长大成人，但依然用不好筷子。

例2: This heavy ax is awkward to use.

这把重斧子不好用。

blundering adj. 愚蠢的，粗笨的

例1: You blundering idiot!

你这个愚蠢的傻瓜！

例2: The blundering guy went the wrong way.

这个蠢家伙走错了路。

bungling adj. 笨拙的，愚笨的

例1: That guy is a bungling oaf.

那家伙是个草包。

例2: I've never seen such a bungling performance.

我从未见过这样蹩脚的演出。

词组短语

1. the awkward age 将成年未成年的时期 ; 尴尬年代 ; 青春期 ; 未成熟的少年时代

2. Awkward Cargo 笨拙货 ; 本重货

3. awkward a 笨拙的 ; 尴尬的 ; 棘手的

4. So awkward 使劲儿 ; 如此狼狈

5. awkward pose 怪异式

6. Too awkward 难言之隐

7. That Awkward Moment 尴尬时刻 ; 那尴尬的时刻

8. Awkward Game 拙劣游戏

9. Awkward situation 下不了台 ; 尴尬的境遇

权威例句

1. The situation is an awkward one, whichever way you look at it.

无论从哪一方面看，这个局面都很尴尬。《牛津词典》

2. There was an awkward moment as couples decided whether to stand next to their partners.

大家在决定是否要站到自己配偶身旁时，这一刻令人尴尬。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

3. an awkwardly shaped room

形状别扭的房间《牛津词典》

4. This box is very awkward for one person to carry.

这只箱子一个人很不好搬。《牛津词典》

5. The president laughed off the awkward situation.

总统对尴尬的处境一笑置之。

6. Mistress Mary felt a little awkward as she went out of the room.

玛丽小姐走出房间时，她感到有点尴尬。

7. Grass shears are specially made to trim grass growing in awkward places.

除草剪刀专门用于修剪缝隙角落里的青草。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

8. Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments

不幸的是，奶奶好像总是醒来的不是时候。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

9. She fell awkwardly and broke her ankle.

她笨重地摔了一跤，摔断了踝关节。《牛津词典》

10. I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner.

“我从他笨拙的表达中判断出他是一个外国人.《期刊摘选》

11. He tried to dance, but he was too clumsy and awkward.

他试着跳舞，但是太笨拙，太别扭。《牛津词典》

12. Our visitors came at an awkward time.

我们的客人在我们很不方便的时候来到了.《期刊摘选》

13. I was the first to ask him awkward questions but there'll be harder ones to come

我是第一个向他提出尴尬问题的人，不过还会有人问更难回答的问题。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

14. I feel awkward and shy in company.

跟别人在一起的时候，我觉得很别扭，不好意思。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

15. The movie star had difficulty fencing off awkward questions about her private life.

这位影星无法回避回答有关她个人私生活的令人尴尬的发问.《期刊摘选》

16. Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.

亚力山德拉穿着她那件丢弃的衣服，显得臃肿而又笨拙。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

17. He was an awkward child, always falling over himself and breaking things.

他是个笨拙的孩子, 经常笨手笨脚地把东西摔破.《期刊摘选》

18. I must have slept in an awkward position—I'm aching all over.

我肯定睡的姿势不舒适—我全身疼痛。《牛津词典》

19. Amy made an awkward gesture with her hands.

艾米用双手做了一个笨拙的手势。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

20. Have I come at an awkward time?

我来得不是时候吧？《牛津词典》

21. His gangling, awkward gait has earned him the name Spiderman.

他因其笨拙且奇怪的步态而得名“蜘蛛侠”。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

22. Once again, his quick wits got him out of an awkward situation.

他的急智使他再次摆脱了窘境。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

23. Don't ask awkward questions.

不要问不好回答的问题。《牛津词典》

24. She admire his dedication, lamented his stubbornness, also emotion, his awkward tenderness.

她佩服他的执著, 叹息他的倔强, 也感慨于他笨拙的温柔.《期刊摘选》

25. Women frequently say that they feel awkward taking the initiative in sex...

女人们经常说她们不好意思在性生活上采取主动。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

26. An aerosol spray will make short work of painting awkward objects

用喷罐来喷涂，不好对付的物品也能轻松搞定。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

27. I go forward toward the quarters to reward the guard for the awkward award.

我朝前向营房走去去酬谢卫兵给予的笨拙的奖品.《期刊摘选》

28. With her awkward form, she is never to a dress model.

以她那笨拙的体型, 永远也成不了时装模特儿.《期刊摘选》

29. I hope the police don't ask any awkward questions.

我希望警方不要提出难应付的问题。《牛津词典》

30. The awkward customer, the weather, is the one that is completely beyond our control.

笨拙的消费者和天气, 都不是我们能控制的.《期刊摘选》

31. The silence was a little awkward.

沉默有点尴尬。

32. She's got to an age where she is being awkward.

她到了难相处的年龄。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

33. He's an awkward cuss.

他是个笨家伙。《牛津词典》

34. [不可数名词]She laughed to cover up her feeling of awkwardness.

她用笑声掩饰她的难堪。《牛津词典》

35. Full-size tripods can be awkward, especially if you're shooting a low-level subject.

标准尺寸的三脚架可能会不便于使用，用于拍摄低角度的物体时尤其如此。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

36. Basically, the tech industry seems to be in an awkward period now.

基本上，科技行业现在似乎处于一个尴尬的时期。

37. The body was twisted, its legs at an awkward angle

尸体扭曲变形，双腿弯成别扭的角度。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

38. I'm always being told off for being so awkward.

我总因为手脚笨而受训斥。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

39. She carried her left arm at an awkward angle, as if it were causing her discomfort

她的左胳膊很不自然地抬着，好像它让她不舒服似的。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

40. John looks awkward for a ball player, but he is a rough diamond.

约翰看起来似乎是个笨拙的球员, 事实上他是个可造之材.《辞典例句》

41. Dickon did not feel the least shy or awkward.

狄肯一点也不感到害羞或尴尬。

42. Awkward sentences and errors that slipped through earlier edits show up readily when reading out loud.

大声朗读会使先前编辑时漏掉的笨拙的句子用法和错误暴露出来.《期刊摘选》

43. I'm always being told off for being so awkward

我笨手笨脚的，总挨训。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

44. It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry...

它虽然小，但很重，不便携带。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

45. She had undergone an amazing metamorphosis from awkward schoolgirl to beautiful woman.

她经历了从笨女生到大美人这一令人惊讶的变化。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

46. ‘I'm sorry, ’ he said awkwardly.

“对不起。”他局促不安地说。《牛津词典》

47. The ten-foot oars felt heavy and awkward.

这些10英尺长的船桨拿起来又重又不方便。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

48. I don't like to travel with people I don't know. It's too awkward.

我不喜欢与不认识的人一起旅行。那样太尴尬了。

49. John looks awkward for a ball player, but he is a roughdiamond.

约翰看起来似是个笨拙的球员, 事实上他是个可造之材.《期刊摘选》

50. Aunt Lena came to visit us at an awkward time.

丽娜大婶在我们很不方便的时候来了.《辞典例句》

51. She was unable to sell it, because for one thing its size was awkward

她卖不掉它，一来是由于尺寸用起来不方便。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

52. He made her feel hot, and awkward, and unsure of herself

他令她内心躁动，手足无措，对自己没有信心。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

53. He was rather awkward with his godson.

在教子面前，他非常局促不安。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

54. I was the first to ask him awkward questions but there'll be harder ones to come...

我是第一个向他提出尴尬问题的人，不过还会有人问更难回答的问题。《柯林斯高阶英语词典》

55. There is an awkward confrontation.

出现了令人尴尬的局面.《辞典例句》

56. Please don't be awkward about letting him come.

关于让他来这事请你不要作梗。《牛津词典》

57. Women frequently say that they feel awkward taking the initiative in sex

女人们经常说她们不好意思在性生活上采取主动。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

58. I have been struck by his awkward look and abrupt manner.

他笨拙的样子和唐突的举止给我留下了深刻的印象.《期刊摘选》

59. It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry

它虽然小，但很重，不便携带。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

60. It's really awkward to maintain eye contact with strangers without saying a word.

和陌生人无言对望真是一件令人尴尬的事.《期刊摘选》

61. In spite of the awkward questions the minister never let his guard fall for a moment.

尽管遇到的是些令人尴尬的问题，部长却没有丝毫的失误。《牛津词典》

62. Embedding large portions of C ++ code in string literals is very awkward.

将大部分C++代码嵌入到字符串中是非常笨拙的.《期刊摘选》

63. It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry.

它虽然小，却沉重得不便携带。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

64. After we argued there was an awkward silence.

我们吵架之后,留下了一阵令人尴尬的沉默.《期刊摘选》

65. He was an awkward child, always over himself and breaking things.

他是个笨拙的孩子, 经常笨手笨脚地把东西摔破.《期刊摘选》

66. The seats she pointed to were in the most awkward positions.

她指向的座位处在最不方便的位置.《期刊摘选》

67. This really adds good value the alt mode and slightly makes up for the awkward aesthetics.

这的确对于变身形态增加了可玩性(好的价值),并稍微补偿了它笨拙的形态.《期刊摘选》

68. They always seemed a little awkward with each other, a bit stiff and formal.

他们在一起似乎总是觉得有点别扭，有点拘谨，不太随意。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》

69. GORING. My dear Robert, it's a very awkward business, very awkward indeed.

(余)戈林子爵: 我亲爱的罗伯特, 这是一笔非常笨拙的生意, 的确非常笨拙.《期刊摘选》

70. There was an awkward silence.

一阵令人尴尬的沉默。《牛津词典》

71. This a derogatory term for someone who is intelligent yet socially awkward.

这个贬义词是指一些头脑聪明但在社交上笨拙的人而说的.《期刊摘选》

72. Her technique remained awkward, thin, and often cursory.

她的技巧仍然笨拙、单薄，而且常常很粗略。

73. In an awkward press conference, Mr. Kurtz parried questions on the allegations.

在一场尴尬的新闻发布会上，科兹先生巧妙地回避了有关指控的问题。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

74. I must have slept in an awkward position ─ I'm aching all over.

我肯定睡的姿势不舒适——我全身疼痛。《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》

75. One by one they came forward, mumbled grudging words of welcome, made awkward obeisances.

他们挨个儿走上前去，咕哝出几句欢迎词，尴尬地鞠躬致礼。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

76. An awkward steward has been reward with a straight forward award for his being a coward.

一个笨拙的服务因怯懦而被授予了一份直白的奖品.《期刊摘选》

77. He seemed bashful and awkward.

他看上去羞怯不安。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

78. He always visits me at an awkward time.

他总是在我不方便的时候来的.《期刊摘选》

79. To bring China and India closer, an awkward trading alignment first needs to be fixed.

为了让中印走得更近, 首先需要解决两国间令人尴尬的贸易失衡.《期刊摘选》

80. I was the first to ask him awkward questions but there'll be harder ones to come.

我是第一个问他尴尬问题的人，但后面还会有更棘手的问题。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

81. It's deuced awkward.

那事真令人难堪。《牛津词典》

82. 15 is an awkward age.

15岁是个尴尬的年纪。《牛津词典》

83. The children liked to jeer at the awkward student.

孩子们喜欢嘲笑笨拙的学生.《期刊摘选》

84. an awkward customer (= a person who is difficult to deal with)

难对付的家伙《牛津词典》

85. The awkward truth is that although the economy is sprinting ahead, most people are only crawling.

但令人尴尬的事实摆在面前,虽然经济在快速冲刺, 但大多数人民依然没得到什么改善.《期刊摘选》

86. I must have slept in an awkward position─I'm aching all over.

我肯定睡的姿势不舒适——我全身疼痛。《牛津词典》

87. You've put me in an awkward position.

你使得我狼狈不堪。《牛津词典》

实用例句

1. Overbay then made an awkward throw to Cano, who tagged Machado, setting off a celebration.

WSJ: Yankees turn triple play in win over Orioles

2. Alex Hurt is charmingly sincere as Grusha's soldier-suitor, Simon, especially in their sweetly awkward courtship scenes.

WSJ: Review: 'Caucasian Chalk Circle' jabs at injustice

3. It's impossible to get away with such an awkward reading, but that's the reading that the metrical form is pushing us into producing.

但不得不读的这么这么别扭,抑扬格的韵律格式迫使我们这样读。弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

4. If we weren't so pressed for time, I kinda wanna see how long we could get away with this before it gets awkward, but that, in fact, is an infinite loop t hat's hopefully deliberate.

如果有时间，我想看看,我们需要花多长时间解决这一问题，事实上，它是我故意,使用的无穷循环。计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

5. But, for much of the programme he seems ill at ease and a little awkward.

BBC: Denmark's 'naked lady' TV show causes furore

6. If I hadn't written it, I would prescribe it, but that is a little awkward moment.

即使书不是我写的,我也会指定它,但现在会有一点尴尬基础物理课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

7. EU's role in awkward areas like crime and immigration has been grindingly slow work.

ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

8. I don't like to travel with people I don't know. It's too awkward.

我不喜欢与不认识的人一起旅行，那样感觉怪怪的。SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : It's important 实战

9. He's still in that awkward phase of unreadiness and under preparation.

他当时还处于一种不愿展露文学才华的时期。弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

10. So this, too, fairly straightforward and yet and this was a socially awkward moment I had to ask her are you an adult or a senior?

这个也相当简单,这是一个社会尴尬的时候,我必须问她是一张成人票还是老人票？计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

11. It's a little awkward asking questions in here but let's give it a try.

现在问问题不太方便,不过可以试一下。计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

12. One of many problems: The awkward design requires a motor that is unnecessarily strong.

FORBES: Magazine Article

13. And even in wild places, awkward facts can come out as they obviously did in Dubai.

ECONOMIST: Assassinations

14. The bird struts around a pen with a jerky gate that is both awkward and thrilling.

FORBES: Magazine Article

15. Afghan analyst Candace Rondeaux of the International Crisis Group says that puts the United States in an awkward position because the U.S.and Mr.Karzai are inextricably linked in Afghan minds.

VOA : standard.2009.08.03

16. The body was twisted, its legs at an awkward angle.

那具尸体扭曲变形，双腿弯成奇怪的角度。

17. So, it's awkward to have to wait for a cow to get infected before you can vaccinate a population.

在给人们预防接种之前,你只有干等着,直到有一头奶牛感染了病毒才行生物医学工程探索课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

18. The Office in America became a funny, sometimes awkward piece of the television furniture.

BBC: American The Office clocks out

19. Amy made an awkward gesture with her hands.

艾米笨拙地做了个手势。

20. So folks , otherwise this gets really awkward and really inaccurate quickly under pressure.

这看起来有点笨拙,好像大家有压力显得表现的不是那么到位。计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

21. Yet these early works are thrilling thinly painted, intensely observed, sometimes surrealist and often awkward.

ECONOMIST: Decades of portraits in the flesh

22. This was a tentative, awkward piece of work, a cultural tragedy staged as comic opera.

NPR: Author Kinzer Charts 'Century of Regime Change'

23. And if that makes you feel happy, rather than awkward and embarrassed, then you definitely are.

FORBES: How To Be a Real Geek Girl (in 3 not-so-easy steps)

24. Like an awkward teenager, however, Facebook is finding that growing up can be painful.

BBC: Facebook grows up

25. 's The Awkward Stages, and it's obvious the pop band weaves an overarching theme through each track.

NPR: The Awkward Stage: 'The Sun Goes Down On Girlsville'

26. It places Americans in the awkward position of weighing their patriotism against their vocation.

ECONOMIST: International taxation

27. One of the evening's more awkward moments involved a tribute to British fashion icons.

WSJ: Menu

28. Sincerity, as any hipster will tell you, is for awkward teens and people on SSRIs.

NEWYORKER: Raj, Bohemian

29. So just as we had to escape things with backslashes in an awkward way, same deal with percent in this context.

所以就像我们采用笨拙的方式来用反斜杠来避免一些东西,在这个背景下对百分号做相同的处理。计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

30. Do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man?

ECONOMIST: White House tensions

31. If negotiations are real and still in progress, there could be some very awkward meetings ahead.

ENGADGET

32. Always fight on territory that is comfortable to you, and awkward for your opponents.

FORBES: Apple's 128GB iPad Just Gave Every Android Tablet Manufacturer A Headache

33. But just to hammer home this point, if I could, we have time for one awkward demonstration.

但是这个时候为了再三强调到彻底的了解，如果可以的话，我们还有时间做一个不太好的示范。计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

34. Firing one is downright awkward and potentially damaging to both your business and your friendship.

FORBES: How To Fire A Friend

35. He's at an awkward age.

他正处在问题重重的年龄。

36. Why this struggle, and why must Milton struggle with such awkward metaphysical categories in order simply to address properly the power of light?

为什么弥尔顿必须,与这样一个奇怪的抽象的东西斗争,仅仅是为了恰当的描述光明的力量？弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

37. I can't give it what it wants," know that when you're writing code and the problems that will remind of this, if you absolutely have to kill your program, you don't have to close the window, CTRL+C reboot crazy stuff like that, generally you can hit CTRL+C and it will just abort the program right where it is, in case you ever get trapped in some awkward situation.

我不能给它所要的“,当你在写代码时，程序将,提醒这个问题，如果你不得不,关闭这个程序，你不需要关闭这个窗口，重启像那样的疯狂举动，通常你可以敲,它将会在这个地方终止那个程序，假使你陷入了尴尬的处境。计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

38. It was awkward teaching an introduction Y and probably for that reason while I was teaching Lit 300, which was then called Lit Y, Z Paul de Man was teaching Lit Z.

教入门课非常尴尬,也许正因为这样，我教文学300时，当时它还叫文学，保罗，德，曼教教文学。文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

39. One awkward opening: Google has yet to fill the post of chief financial officer.

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40. Feng started Erly.com with the premise that classifying our friends is actually an incredibly awkward exercise.

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41. Two years ago, he was awkward at community meetings, but he has learned a common touch.

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42. involves an awkward collision of different artistic modes and entirely distinct planes of reality.

这对于约翰逊的影响牵扯到不同艺术模式的怪异碰撞,以及和现实世界的完全脱离。弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

43. This tends to be an awkward expression or term that is used by historians.

这个表达并不准确,但是仍被历史学家使用欧洲文明课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

44. If Kelman feels awkward, pity Reidy's immediate supervisor, Steven Pattison, who was brought in from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

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45. There is also the awkward fact that Arpaio came late to the issue of illegal immigration.

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46. or totally grammatically correct or might sound awkward,

也不用在乎语法是否完全正确，或者听起来是否别扭，SpeakingMax英语口语达人 : 想学好英语吗？

47. "But,it puts us in a very awkward position because,if we cannot go there ourselves to see what they are doing, to whom they are distributing and what criteria they are using, how much they are keeping for themselves, how much is getting lost, we start losing control over it,"

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48. He seemed bashful and awkward.

他显得腼腆，不太自在。

49. This is when the addition gets very publically awkward so.

这时候还在做加法计算,当众出丑了吧。计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

50. If unfamiliar, these are the mechanical computer devices that you have to use to buy a ticket on the T these days and there was one of these really awkward but touching situations where it was clear that this woman had no idea, you know, what to do, how to get from here to here, and I could see her just staring at the turnstiles that you're supposed to go through to get into the subway.

如果不熟悉，这是机械计算机设备,当今你必须使用它们来买地铁票,它们实在是难操作的,这个令人同情的情况是,明显这位老太太不知道怎样操作，怎样从这一步到那一步,我看见她只是凝视着,地铁的栅门口。计算机科学课程节选 : 哈佛公开课

51. Musharraf's decision to flee the court could put the Pakistani army in an awkward situation.

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52. But no amount of bullying can protect Edwards from the awkward physics of tar.

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53. That gives a competitor a shot at grabbing a socially awkward but otherwise brilliant young engineer.

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54. But since then the Democrats have had an awkward relationship with MoveOn and its supporters.

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55. Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothes.

亚历山德拉身穿旧衣服，看上去既肥胖又笨拙。

56. and the always awkward subject of chastity.

通常是关于贞操这尴尬的主题。弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课

57. However, that the bonus system suffers this critique seems largely the result of awkward semantics.

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