awkward

關於awkward的翻譯

<<形容詞>>笨拙的,不熟練的;使用不便的;尷尬的;難處理的

awkward definition

1. causing inconvenience
• examples: they arrived at an awkward time
2. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
• examples: an awkward dancer
• examples: an awkward gesture
• examples: too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes
• examples: his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot
3. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
• examples: an awkward bundle to carry
• examples: a load of bunglesome paraphernalia
• examples: clumsy wooden shoes
• examples: the cello, a rather ungainly instrument for a girl
4. not elegant or graceful in expression
• examples: an awkward prose style
• examples: a clumsy apology
• examples: his cumbersome writing style
• examples: if the rumor is true, can anything be more inept than to repeat it now?
5. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
• examples: awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion
• examples: an awkward pause followed his remark
• examples: a sticky question
• examples: in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign
6. socially uncomfortable; unsure and constrained in manner
• examples: awkward and reserved at parties
• examples: ill at ease among eddies of people he didn't know
• examples: was always uneasy with strangers