英语释义

• difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape;

  "an awkward bundle to carry"

  "a load of bunglesome paraphernalia"

  "clumsy wooden shoes"

  "the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl"

• lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance;

  "an awkward dancer"

  "an awkward gesture"

  "too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes"

  "his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot"

• not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner;

  "awkward and reserved at parties"

  "ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know"

  "was always uneasy with strangers"

• causing inconvenience;

  "they arrived at an awkward time"

• not elegant or graceful in expression;

  "an awkward prose style"

  "a clumsy apology"

  "his cumbersome writing style"

  "if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?"

• hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment;

  "awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion"

  "an awkward pause followed his remark"

  "a sticky question"

  "in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign"

片语

testing测验；考查；受考验（test的ing形式）

awkward appearance难看的样子

embarrassed使...困窘；使...局促不安（embarrass的过去分词形式）

awkward question棘手的问题

No awkward不难受了

awkward journey麻烦的旅行

Awkward Annie唱片名

awkward gap难以处理的隔阂〔分歧

Awkward Cargo大件货物

Kinda Awkward有点尴尬

awkward position难堪的地位

英汉例句

• and what about overcoming all those awkward cultural differences?

  那么该怎么克服那些尴尬的文化差异呢？

• it may feel awkward at first and it may even temporarily slow your reading rate as you adjust, but using a pointer is critical if you want to improve your reading skill.

  它可能会觉得尴尬，甚至它可能暂时放慢你的阅读速度，但作为一个调整，在初期使用一个指针是很关键的，如果你真的想提高你的阅读技能的话。

• but there was ambiguity in that awkward word, nexus.

  但是「联系点」这个尴尬的词语太模糊了。

• 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。

• as we waited in that room, liz on her back in that awkward position once again, the tension grew while we anticipated the findings.

  我们在房间里等待时，利兹又再次回到了那个尴尬的处境里，当我们猜测着结果的时候，气氛变得更加紧张了。

• 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。

• like many awkward questions, this is one that has to be answered.

  与许多棘手的问题一样，这是个必须回答的问题。

• 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。

• dining alone may well be one the most awkward times of solo travel but like anything the more you do it the more you get used to it.

  独自进食也许是单独旅行者最尴尬的时刻之一，但是就像其他事情一样，你做的越多，你就越适应。

• 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。

• the president laughed off the awkward situation.

  总统对尴尬的处境一笑置之。

• 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 guess now is when i ask the awkward question, 」 he said.

  「我想现在是该问一个尴尬问题的时候了，」他说。

• 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。

• it seems as foolhardy not to discuss the option as it is to maintain such an awkward silence over china’s rise.

  就像对中国的崛起保持尴尬的沉默一样，不讨论这一选项似乎也是很鲁莽的行为。

• it was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry.

  它虽然小，但很重，不便携带。

• there shouldn’t have to be any of those awkward silences,there should be always things to talk about.

  这其中不该有任何那种尴尬的沉默，而应该是总有说不完的话。

• it is an identity that revolves around neutrality, and, yes, an awkward tradition of citizens’ referendums.

  这是一个徘徊在中立周围的身份，也是一个对公民公投尴尬的传统。

• it all seemed pretty tough, but now your little one might be asking what seems like the most awkward and embarrassing of questions: 「where do babies come from?」 where indeed.

  所有的这一切看起来似乎很艰难，但现在似乎你的小家伙可能会问他最喜欢的而令你最尴尬和难堪的问题是：「小婴儿是从哪里来的呢？」

• we looked like a bunch of awkward kids riding a slow-moving carousel.

  我们看起来就像一群骑在旋转木马上的笨拙的孩子。

• then there would be an awkward silence as the person tries to think of what to talk about next.

  然后就会出现一段尴尬的沉默因为那人在思考下一步该谈什么。

• but when that day approaches, it will raise awkward questions of a postwar balance of power in the pacific that has been kept largely thanks to the us presence.

  但是，当那一天逼近时，它将对战后太平洋地区的均势提出棘手的问题，迄今这一均势在很大程度上是由于美军的存在而得到保持的。

• but there are still some awkward issues to clear up.

  但仍存在一些亟待解决的棘手问题。

• we all want to make a good first impression and not get stuck in an awkward conversation.

  我们都希望给人留下好的第一印象而且不要陷入一种尴尬的谈话中。

• if you are always at every party she is at, but you never make your move…the tension will be more awkward to build in a social situation.

  如果你总是出现在她在的每个派对，但是你从不做出你的行动……在一个社交的场景下，张力会变得更加尴尬。

相似词

inept笨拙的；不适当的

gauche(Gauche)人名；(法)戈什；(西)高切

cumbersome笨重的；累赘的；难处理的

ungraceful无礼貌的；不优美的；没有风度的；下流的

maladroit笨拙的；不灵巧的；愚钝的

ungainlyad 笨拙地；不雅地

clumsy笨拙地

bashful(Bashful)人名；(英)巴什富尔

ungraceful无礼貌的；不优美的；没有风度的；下流的

ungainlyad 笨拙地；不雅地

cumbersome笨重的；累赘的；难处理的

sticky粘的；粘性的

uncouth笨拙的；粗野的；不舒适的；陌生的

inconvenient不便的；打扰的

wooden木制的；僵硬的，呆板的

clumsy笨拙地

bulky体积大的；庞大的；笨重的

unwieldy笨拙的；笨重的；不灵便的；难处理的

相反词

clever[ 比较级cleverer 最高级 cleverest ]

dexterous灵巧的；敏捷的；惯用右手的

deft灵巧的；机敏的；敏捷熟练的

skilful（英）熟练的；灵巧的；技术好的（等于skillful）

handy(Handy) （美、印、加）汉迪（人名）

simple简单的；单纯的；天真的

easyad 不费力地，从容地

clever[ 比较级cleverer 最高级 cleverest ]

good(Good)人名；(英)古德；(瑞典)戈德

ingenious有独创性的；机灵的，精制的；心灵手巧的

skillful熟练的；巧妙的

deft灵巧的；机敏的；敏捷熟练的

dexterous灵巧的；敏捷的；惯用右手的