英 [ˈɔːkwəd] 美 [ˈɔːkwərd]
adj. 令人尴尬的，使人难堪的；难对付的，难处理的；局促不安的；不方便的；笨拙的，不雅观的；不舒适的
awkward /ˈɔːkwəd/ CET4 TEM4
形容词 An awkward situation is embarrassing and difficult to deal with. 令人尴尬的
I was the first to ask him awkward questions but there'll be harder ones to come.
我是第一个问他尴尬问题的人，但后面还会有更棘手的问题。
副词 令人尴尬地
There was an awkwardly long silence.
有一段令人尴尬的长时间的沉默。
形容词 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. (使用) 不便的; 棘手的 (工作)
It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry.
它虽然小，却沉重得不便携带。
副词 不便地; 棘手地
The front window switches are awkwardly placed on the dashboard.
前窗的开关安装在仪表板上，使用不便。
形容词 An awkward movement or position is uncomfortable or clumsy. 笨拙的
Amy made an awkward gesture with her hands.
艾米用双手做了一个笨拙的手势。
副词 笨拙地
He fell awkwardly and went down in agony clutching his right knee.
他笨拙地摔倒了，紧抓住右膝盖痛苦地蹲了下去。
形容词 Someone who feels awkward behaves in a shy or embarrassed way. 难为情的
Women frequently say that they feel awkward taking the initiative in sex.
女性经常说她们觉得在性方面采取主动令人难为情。
副词 难为情地
"This is Malcolm," the girl said awkwardly, to fill the silence.
“这是马尔科姆，”女孩子为了打破沉默难为情地说道。
causing inconvenience
they arrived at an awkward time
lacking grace or skill in manner or movement or performance
an awkward dancer ; an awkward gesture ; too awkward with a needle to make her own clothes ; his clumsy fingers produced an awkward knot
difficult to handle or manage especially because of shape
an awkward bundle to carry
同义词： bunglesome / clumsy / ungainly
not elegant or graceful in expression
an awkward prose style
同义词： clumsy / cumbersome / inapt / inept / ill-chosen
hard to deal with; especially causing pain or embarrassment
awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion ; an awkward pause followed his remark
同义词： embarrassing / sticky / unenviable
not at ease socially; unsure and constrained in manner
awkward and reserved at parties
同义词： ill at ease(p) / uneasy
尴尬-引用次数：34
In today’s market, the Chinese ceramics has a very awkward position.
在如今的市场上,中国陶瓷产业的位置显得非常尴尬。
参考来源日用陶瓷的情感化设计研究
尴尬的
笨拙的
尴尬的
...迄今，迄今贝巴仅在联赛(League)杯与利兹联及英超与斯托克的两场比赛中首发(Starting)，这是第三场首发，也是在令人尴尬(Awkward)的联赛杯，今年三十岁贝巴与曼联的合同到明年夏天到期，在没有任何伤病困扰的情况，他已缺席了最近场曼联。
简朴的（Austere）：通常指葡萄酒缺少丰富度和甜味。 笨拙的（Awkward）：形容葡萄酒的结构差，显得笨拙或不均衡。 过甜（Cloying）：酒酸不足而生成过甜的现象。
而正在MTV台的《囧女珍娜》(Awkward)里，肥乎乎的萨蒂(莫莉·塔洛芙饰演)是个名副真正在的“坏女孩”，她的体重不单出有使她沦为黉舍里的受气包，反倒给她增添了很多气...
包袱笑点都背熟笑烂之后(After)，雅观的是个劲儿(Awkward)：
awkwardly 笨拙地；无技巧地
awkwardness 尴尬；笨拙
尴尬的；笨拙的；棘手的；不合适的
15 is an awkward age.
15岁是个尴尬的年纪。
Amy made an awkward gesture with her hands.
艾米用双手做了一个笨拙的手势。
There was an awkward silence.
一阵令人尴尬的沉默。
It's sad,but that's the case." Many experts say the resolution by the House Foreign Affairs Committee puts President Obama in an awkward position.
VOA : standard.2010.03.19
Why this struggle, and why must Milton struggle with such awkward metaphysical categories in order simply to address properly the power of light?
为什么弥尔顿必须,与这样一个奇怪的抽象的东西斗争,仅仅是为了恰当的描述光明的力量？
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
It's impossible to get away with such an awkward reading, but that's the reading that the metrical form is pushing us into producing.
但不得不读的这么这么别扭,抑扬格的韵律格式迫使我们这样读。
弥尔顿课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Afghan analyst Candace Rondeaux of the International Crisis Group says that puts the United States in an awkward position because the U.S.and Mr.Karzai are inextricably linked in Afghan minds.
VOA : standard.2009.08.03
"But,it puts us in a very awkward position because,if we cannot go there ourselves to see what they are doing, to whom they are distributing and what criteria they are using, how much they are keeping for themselves, how much is getting lost, we start losing control over it,"
VOA : standard.2009.08.07
The Office in America became a funny, sometimes awkward piece of the television furniture.
's The Awkward Stages, and it's obvious the pop band weaves an overarching theme through each track.
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awkward是一个英语单词，形容词，作形容词时意为“尴尬的；笨拙的；棘手的；不合适的”。