2ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ, oft ADJ to-infinitive]难使用的;难携带的;(工作)难处理的 Something that is awkward to use or carry is difficult to use or carry because of its design. A job that is awkward is difficult to do. 难使用的;难携带的;(工作)难处理的
It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry.
它虽然小,但很重,不便携带。
Full-size tripods can be awkward, especially if you're shooting a low-level subject.
'This is Malcolm,' the girl said awkwardly, to fill the silence.
女孩尴尬地说了句“这是马尔科姆”,打破了沉默。
awkwardness
He displayed all the awkwardness of adolescence.
他表现出了青春期的各种羞涩不安。
5ADJ-GRADED 不可理喻的;难打交道的;难相处的 If you say that someone is awkward, you are critical of them because you find them unreasonable and difficult to live with or deal with. 不可理喻的;难打交道的;难相处的 [disapproval]
1difficult困難;艱難VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASESVERBS➤be, look, seem難以處理;看上去難處理;好像棘手▸➤make sth使⋯難以處理ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極為/相當/非常難應付◇She asked some rather awkward questions.她問了一些相當難回答的問題。➤incredibly, terribly極難處理;非常棘手▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些棘手PHRASES➤make things awkward使事情變得棘手◇He could make things very awkward for me if he wanted to.如果他願意的話,他可使我非常難辦。awkward
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2not relaxed不放鬆VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITIONVERBS➤be, feel, look, sound尷尬;感到局促不安;看上去尷尬;聽上去局促不安◇He always sounded awkward on the phone.他在電話中聽上去總是局促不安。➤become變得局促不安▸➤make sb使某人尷尬◇He was embarrassed, which made him awkward.他很窘迫,這使他局促不安。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常尷尬▸➤a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些尷尬▸➤painfully異常窘迫◇As a teenager he was painfully awkward in company.作為一個十幾歲的少年,他在眾人面前十分局促不安。➤socially在社交場合局促不安◇I was the most socially awkward person you could imagine.我是你能想像出的在社交場合感到最不自在的人。PREPOSITION➤about因⋯感到難為情◇They felt awkward about having to leave so soon.這麼快就得走,他們感到很難為情。➤with與⋯一起感到不自在◇She is awkward with people she doesn't know.她和陌生人在一起感到不自在。
awkward adj. ⇨embarrassed (She is awkward with people she doesn't know.)⇨perverse (Please don't be awkward.)⇨sensitive2 (put sb in an awkward position)⇨wrong3 (an awkward time)