['ɔ:kwəd]
awkward
a. 笨拙的
a. 尴尬的

词形变化:

名词:awkwardness 副词:awkwardly

例句与用法:

  1. The heavy ax was awkward to use.
    这把重斧头不好用。
  2. Your refusal puts me in an awkward predicament.
    你的拒绝让我感到十分为难。
  3. At the formal party I felt very awkward and out of place.
    在正式的舞会上,我感到局促不安,很不自在。

英英解释:

形容词 awkward:

  1. causing inconvenience
  2. lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
  3. difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
  4. 同义词:bunglesome, clumsy, ungainly
  5. not elegant or graceful in expression
  6. 同义词:clumsy, cumbersome, inapt, inept, ill-chosen
  7. hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
  8. 同义词:embarrassing, sticky, unenviable
  9. not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner
  10. 同义词:ill at ease, uneasy