awkwardness

n. 尴尬;笨拙
n.
笨拙;粗劣;难为情;尴尬
英英释义
awkwardness[ 'ɔ:kwədnis ]
n.
unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
同义词:clumsinessineptnessineptitudemaladroitnessslowness
the quality of an embarrassing situation
"he sensed the awkwardness of his proposal"
同义词:nuisance value
the carriage of someone whose movements and posture are ungainly or inelegant
同义词:clumsiness
the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
同义词:clumsinessgracelessnessstiffness
trouble in carrying or managing caused by bulk or shape
同义词:cumbersomenessunwieldiness
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
Attribute never caught on due to its awkwardness.
属性由于笨拙而从来没有被使用过。
Don't criticize awkwardness or off-the-wall suggestions.
不要批评笨拙或疯狂的建议。
权威例句
The Syndrome of Physical AwkwardnessConstraints on grip-selection: minimizing awkwardness
The Awkwardness of Australian Engagement with Asia: The Dilemmas of Australian Idea of Regionalism
The lived experience of physical awkwardness: Adults' retrospective views
Beyond Orange and Green? The awkwardness of negotiating difference in Northern Ireland1
Perceptions of three terms to describe physical awkwardness in children ☆
Representational momentum for the human body: Awkwardness matters, experience does not.
Musical scales and evaluations of happiness and awkwardness: effects of pitch, direction, and scale mode.
A study of the relationship between physical awkwardness and children's perceptions of physical competence 5036
A systematic review of sensorimotor function during adolescence: a developmental stage of increased motor awkwardness?
awkwardness (n.)
1704, "lack of grace," from awkward + -ness. Meaning "physical clumsiness" is attested from c. 1770; that of "social embarrassment" is from 1788.
1. With seeming awkwardness he fumbled long with the bow.
他假装笨拙,把弓瞎摸了很久。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
2. I knew we might go on like this, without speaking, all through the meal without any sense of awkwardness.
我知道我们可以这样一声不吭地埋头吃饭,一直到把饭吃完而不感到有什么不自在。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
3. His advent had obviously put a stop to the conversation, decided awkwardness having set in.
他的到来显然打断了大家的谈话,场面弄得很僵。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
4. I tried to smooth over the awkwardness of this first meeting.
我试图掩饰初次会面时的不自然。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
5. The awkwardness of searching for him lay in enlighten Elizabeth, a proceeding which her mother could not endure to contemplate.
去寻他,就要向伊丽莎白说明,这是一个难题,怎么说法呢,是她母亲不敢考虑的。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
6. We can only get farther and farther into the swamp of awkwardness.
我们只会越来越陷入僵局,找不到出路。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
7. I replied sttiffly, less out of the prejudice of two decades than from the awkwardness of our meeting.
我的回答是生硬的,这并不是由于二十年来的偏见,而是由于我们会见的场合尴尬。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. countrified clothes; rustic awkwardness.
土气的衣服;土头土脑的笨拙。
-- 来源 -- 汉英 - 翻译参考
9. He sat down, at first, with some constraint and awkwardness.
他刚入座时还感到有点拘束和别扭。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. Her awkwardness had all but passed.
她的小家气派早已成为过去。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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