awkward
美 [ˈɔkwərd]
英 [ˈɔːkwə(r)d] 
- adj.令人尴尬的;使人难堪的;难对付的;难处理的
- 网络笨拙的;囧女珍娜;棘手的
反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | 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。 |
2. | 难对付的;难处理的difficult to deal with |
| Don't ask awkward questions. 不要问难答的问题。 |
| 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。 |
| Have I come at an awkward time? 我来得不是时候吧? |
4. | (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。 |
5. | (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. 我肯定是睡姿不当,搞得全身疼痛。 |
英汉解释
adj. | 3. (机器等)有毛病的,难使用的,不称手的,(衣裳)不合身的 |
英英解释
例句
He's bookish and awkward with people he doesn't know. He's the kind of guy who goes home at night and does crossword puzzles with his wife.
他一身书卷气,不善于和不认识的人打交道。他是那种下班会回家与妻子玩拼字谜游戏的人。
He wished them "Good morning" in an awkward hesitating undertone as if he were doubtful how his greetings would be received.
他尴尬地向他们问好,声音很低,又有些犹豫,好象担心他们会不睬他。
The erroneous delivery and the unexpected damaged products resulted in a very awkward situation for me at my customers' meetings.
同时,此次发货(包装)失误及损坏的货物已致使我会见客户时陷入了异常尴尬之处境。
Hareton, during the discussion stood with his hands in his pockets, too awkward to speak.
在这段谈话中间,哈里顿就这么双手插在衣袋里站着,窘得说不出话来。
It was an awkward situation: There I was, stuck in a windowless conference room, talking sex with a Catholic priest.
这是一个尴尬的局面:有我,被困在一个没有窗户的会议室,谈话与天主教神父性。
There seems to be very familiar with . . . . . . yo, it seems that I am here to die awkward encounter Na Zhi Jiao little proud of it?
这里似乎很熟悉……唷,似乎我就是在这里遇到那只别扭到死的小傲娇的吧?
He'd glance at my awkward ink drawings, groan "Oh, God, " and walk away holding his head in his hands, like a migraine sufferer.
他看着我糟糕的由墨水画出的画,低声嚷道:“哦,老天”,然后,双手抱着脑袋走开,就像一个人得了头疼。
The so-called Loose lips sink ships, but will sometimes in an awkward position, this situation is often in the interview.
所谓言多必失,有时候反而会让处于尴尬的境地,这种情形在面试中是经常出现的。
However, the actual teaching, " Chinese Reading " is often an awkward situation.
可是,在实际的教学中,《语文读本》往往处于一种尴尬的境地。
There was an awkward moment in Times Square when he saw the Naked Cowboy and said, 'Please tell me you're not a Democratic Congressman.
当他看到时代广场的赤裸牛仔时说:不要告诉我你是个民主党的议员。
You know, now that I think of it, that's not so bad. It's cute, in an awkward sort of way. Maybe I'll give Hallmark a call.
你知道,现在我的看法,不是那么糟糕。它很酷,以一种笨拙的方式。也许我该给。
This seems to put programmers in an awkward position.
这似乎让程序员处于尴尬的境地。
Awkward though it may be for the independent-minded, women can at least achieve alphabetic advancement by marrying "up" .
虽然独身主义者觉得尴尬,但是女性至少可以嫁入“姓氏豪门”,取得音序优势。
Yet, they didn't seem to feel awkward at all about not being able to utter the word "jasmine. "
然而,他们似乎因为尴尬而未能说出“茉莉”这个词语。
He smiled at me, shook his head, without which it would be awkward to disclose my love, just a quiet, thank you for your concern.
我微笑地看着他,摇头,我没有难言之隐,只是生性爱静,谢谢你的关心。
The thought of that brought huge smile to her face, looking slightly awkward and lonely since she's sitting alone in the back seat.
想到这,V不禁露出大大的笑容,由于她独自坐在后座,这看起来有些窘迫。
Also, there was an awkward hesitancy, at times, as he essayed the new words he had learned.
而在他试用刚学会的新同语时还会出现尴尬的犹豫。
Here are pointers to help fill those awkward silences. You might be surprised by what someone has to say once you get them to open up.
这里有些适合那些羞于说话的人的锦囊妙计。你可能会奇怪究竟是什么,可以让一些人刚开始就能与他们顺利开口说话?
This is going to be awkward, but someone has to tell you, so it may as well be me: you're kind of a loser.
这将是件很难堪的事情,但必须得有人告诉你,所以还是我来说吧:你可能是个杯具。
Elaine has reached over. Ling Fan is a bit awkward rubbed his hands together. He felt a bit presumptuous.
芷兰没有把手伸过去。凌凡有点尴尬的搓了搓手。他觉得自己有点冒昧。
Hareton, during the discussion stood with his hands in his pockets, too awkward to speak.
在这段谈话中间,哈里顿就这么双手插在衣袋里站着,窘得说不出话来。
She felt that between herself and Miss Ley alone the necessary explanations would be awkward.
她感到在她和莱伊小姐之间进行必要的解释这件事难于处理。
This choice of terminology is admittedly a bit awkward.
大家公认术语的这种选法有些不合理
The main problem posed by the book, however, is its extremely awkward style.
不过这本书的主要问题在于它的文体非常佶屈聱牙。
"It may have an awkward look, if we keep her back. Lawyers are up to tricks. "
“要是我们不让她去,也许看上去不太好,律师们就喜欢玩弄花巧。”
How did he wriggle out of the awkward situation?
他是如何摆脱尴尬处境的?
He had answered: "Nonsense! I couldn't have sworn any such thing! " By some awkward fatality he remembered it now.
他回答:“胡说!我决不可能发过这样的誓!”现在偏偏不凑巧被他想起来了。
Large numbers of delayed-action bombs were now widely and plentifully cast upon us and became an awkward problem.
他们到处投掷大量的延时炸弹,给我们造成了一个讨厌的问题。
The pencil felt thick and awkward in his fingers.
他的手指缝里的铅笔使他感到又粗又笨。
It is rather awkward for Geoffery, of course. It does not do to pepper beaters.
杰奥夫雷手脚不太麻利,朝猎手乱开枪当然是不行的。
The thing is a little awkward.
事情有点不好办。
Please don't be awkward about letting him come.
关于让他来这事请你不要作梗。
This box is very awkward for one person to carry.
这只箱子一个人很不好搬。
15 is an awkward age.
15岁是个尴尬的年纪。
Yet the awkward truth is that it is almost impossible to be sure when a currency is misaligned , let alone by how much.
但是令人尴尬的现实是,我们几乎无法确定一种货币存在偏差,更不用说其偏差程度了。
Pay the bill without hesitation. Asking her to split the bill will be awkward, and paying for her meal on the first date is a nice gesture.
要毫不犹豫地买单。要求她和你一起付账会非常尴尬,第一次约会为她买单是比较好的姿态。
After an awkward silence, Jack tried to defend himself, saying that he thought he had been asked to give his views.
在一段异常的沉默后,杰克试图为自己辩护,解释说他认为已经给出了观点。
It would be rather awkward for me to call on you.
如果去拜访您呢,对我有些不便。
It could be very awkward to continue working with this person after breaking up with him or her.
分手以后还继续与对方共事可能会非常尴尬。
I feel a bit awkward in public and do not show up quite as well as I should.
系公众场合中,您会因为感到唔自在而表现得不如理想。
It is no use getting your entire family to sit around the dinner table if it feels awkward because no one is talking.
一家人围坐在餐桌前如果因为觉得尴尬而彼此不说话就没有意义。
Our small table had two chairs, and to slide mine around to her side when her eyes filled up would have been loud and awkward.
我们坐的小桌有两把椅子。当泪水涌上她的双眼时,我想要把我的椅子移到她身边。
This display may seem awkward, but the run command executes your script file as if you were typing the commands directly into the ij tool.
这种显示可能有些笨拙,但run命令会执行您的脚本文件,就像您直接将命令键入ij工具中一样。
It might not be so awkward if Goldman had suffered just a little more from the credit crisis.
如果高盛遭受信贷危机的打击再大那么一点点,保尔森也不至于如此尴尬。
When forced into the company of said relatives, however, things might get just a little bit awkward.
另外就是你可能会遭遇被人说成是靠关系进入公司的空降兵,会有一些些尴尬的情况出现。
The same cannot be said for LeBron, who should be able to muscle guys into awkward positions and keep them away from the hoop.
对于勒布朗却不能这么讲了,他应该是有能力把对手挤到艰难的境地而使得他们远离篮筐的人。
It is to be expected that this feels awkward, as we finally aligning ourselves with what we have pushed aside for so long.
这也许会让你感到奇怪和尴尬,因为我们终于把长久以来偏离的自我重新校正了。
And they were all old neighbours in the graveyard, most of them friends; there was nothing to feel awkward or embarrassed about.
而且他们的墓地,其中大多数是朋友,都没有什么可感到尴尬或难为情的老邻居。
After an awkward silence, Lisa completely flushed and with her head down started to talk.
经过了一阵难堪的沉默之后,丽莎的脸已经羞得通红。她低垂着头开始说话。
Awkward and stiff-necked he might be, but Howard was undemanding of his children.
霍华德或许不太好相处,也有些顽固,但对孩子们并不苛求。
It was an awkward question but I felt the only way was to be quite truthful about it.
这是一个棘手的问题,但是我觉得唯一的办法是说老实话。
Today, my parents met my boyfriend, and we had a very awkward dinner. I was terribly worried they wouldn't approve of him.
今天我爸妈和我男朋友见面了,一起吃饭的时候气氛很糟糕。
He stroked the little princess on the head, and then with an awkward movement patted her on her neck.
他用手摸了摸公爵夫人的头,然后呆笨地拍了一下她的后脑。
We ended up in the awkward position where the #1 thing stopping us from shipping was the name.
我们需要结束这种棘手的处境,阻挠我们前进的首要问题就是这命名。