awkward
高中,四级,六级,考研,托福,雅思,GRE,1
英['ɔːkwəd]
|美['ɔkwɚd]
日语:気まずい
法语:maladroit
德语:unangenehm
韩语:어색한
俄语:extraño
牛津词典
adj.
- 令人尴尬的;使人难堪的
making you feel embarrassed
- There was an awkward silence.
一阵令人尴尬的沉默。
- 难对付的;难处理的
difficult to deal with
- Don't ask awkward questions.
不要问不好回答的问题。 - You've put me in an awkward position.
你使得我狼狈不堪。 - an awkward customer (= a person who is difficult to deal with)
难对付的家伙 - Please don't be awkward about letting him come.
关于让他来这事请你不要作梗。
- 不方便的
not convenient
- Have I come at an awkward time?
我来得不是时候吧?
- (因形状、设计而)产生困难的,危险的
difficult or dangerous because of its shape or design
- This box is very awkward for one person to carry.
这只箱子一个人很不好搬。
- (动作)笨拙的;不舒适的
not moving in an easy way; not comfortable
- He tried to dance, but he was too clumsy and awkward.
他试着跳舞,但是太笨拙,太别扭。 - 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。
中文词源
awkward 笨拙的
awk-,错误方向,-ward,朝向。引申词义笨拙的。
双语例句
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。
- It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry
它虽然小,但很重,不便携带。
- 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。
- Amy made an awkward gesture with her hands.
埃米笨拙地做了个手势。
- 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。
- He was rather awkward with his godson.
在教子面前,他非常局促不安。
- She's got to an age where she is being awkward.
她到了难相处的年龄。
- He seemed bashful and awkward
他看起来腼腆且局促不安。
- Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.
亚历山德拉穿着那身过时的衣裳,显得臃肿笨拙。
- 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。
- 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。
- The ten-foot oars felt heavy and awkward
10英尺长的桨拿起来感觉很笨重。
- His movements were clumsy, and his gait peculiarly awkward.
他动作笨拙,步态尤其难看。
- His gangling, awkward gait has earned him the name Spiderman.
他又瘦又高,动作笨拙难看,因此有了“蜘蛛人”的外号。
- You know I have no intention of being awkward and obstreperous.
你知道我无意存心作对。
- He broke from prevailing orthodoxies and asked the awkward questions
他抛开盛行的正统观念,问了一些难以回答的问题。
- In an awkward press conference, Mr King parried questions on the allegations.
在一场尴尬的新闻发布会上,金先生回避了有关指控的问题。
- 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。
- The Hotel has two strikes against it. One, it's an immense ugly concrete building. Second, it lies in a rather awkward position
该旅馆有两个缺点。其一,它是个非常难看的大型混凝土建筑。其二,它位于一个相当偏僻的地段。
- I'm always being told off for being so awkward
我笨手笨脚的,总挨训。
- 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。
- 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。
- She feel very awkward with a needle.
她做针线活时感到很不对劲。
- If you had prepared in advance, you wouldn't be in such an awkward position.
如果你事先作好准备,也不至于那么被动。
- This put them in a very awkward position.
这使他们处境很尴尬。
- If he hadn't shot his mouth off, things couldn't have been so awkward.
要不是他多嘴,事情也不至于搞僵。
- He felt rather awkward in presence of ladies.
他在女士面前有些窘。
- What's that awkward bulge in your pocket?
你口袋里那块鼓鼓囊囊的东西是什么?
语源
late Middle English (in the sense the wrong way round, upside down): from dialect awkbackwards, perverse, clumsy (from Old Norse afugrturned the wrong way) + -ward