awkward 是什么意思
adj. 尴尬的；笨拙的；棘手的；不合适的
awkward 记忆方法
【记】音：坳口，读起来很坳口，就是笨拙不好说；
2. 谐音“拗口的”
3. awkward-awk(拗口)+ ward(word)----拗口的词- 说起来很笨拙
awkward 中文词源
awkward 笨拙的
awk-,错误方向，-ward,朝向。引申词义笨拙的。
英语词源
awkwardawkward: [14] When awkward was coined, in Scotland and northern England, it meant ‘turned in the wrong direction’. Middle English had an adjective awk, which meant ‘the wrong way round, backhanded’, and hence ‘pe
awkward 权威例句
- 1. Unfortunately, Grandma always seems to awaken at awkward moments.
- 不幸的是，奶奶好像总是醒来的不是时候。
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- 2. Alexandra looked plump and awkward in her cast-off clothing.
- 亚历山德拉穿着那身过时的衣裳，显得臃肿笨拙。
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- 3. I'm always being told off for being so awkward.
- 我笨手笨脚的，总挨训。
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- 4. She's got to an age where she is being awkward.
- 她到了难相处的年龄。
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- 5. It was small but heavy enough to make it awkward to carry.
- 它虽然小，但很重，不便携带。
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awkward 造句
- 1. This put them in a very awkward position.
- 这使他们处境很尴尬。
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- 2. The president laughed off the awkward situation.
- 总统对尴尬的处境一笑置之。
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- 3. It all seemed pretty tough, but now your little one might be asking what seems like the most awkward and embarrassing of questions: “Where do babies come from?” Where indeed.
- 所有的这一切看起来似乎很艰难，但现在似乎你的小家伙可能会问他最喜欢的而令你最尴尬和难堪的问题是：“小婴儿是从哪里来的呢？”
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- 4. We all want to make a good first impression and not get stuck in an awkward conversation.
- 我们都希望给人留下好的第一印象而且不要陷入一种尴尬的谈话中。
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- 5. If you are always at every party she is at, but you never make your move…the tension will be more awkward to build in a social situation.
- 如果你总是出现在她在的每个派对，但是你从不做出你的行动……在一个社交的场景下，张力会变得更加尴尬。
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- 6. Unfortunately, they’re all friends of mine, which makes it awkward.
- 不幸的是，他们都是我的朋友，这就更尴尬了。
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- 7. The crisis could not have come at a politically more awkward moment.
- 这场危机不可能在政治上更尴尬的时刻来临了。
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- 8. And what about overcoming all those awkward cultural differences?
- 那么该怎么克服那些尴尬的文化差异呢？
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- 9. It seems as foolhardy not to discuss the option as it is to maintain such an awkward silence over China’s rise.
- 就像对中国的崛起保持尴尬的沉默一样，不讨论这一选项似乎也是很鲁莽的行为。
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- 10. It may feel awkward at first and it may even temporarily slow your reading rate as you adjust, but using a pointer is critical if you want to improve your reading skill.
- 它可能会觉得尴尬，甚至它可能暂时放慢你的阅读速度，但作为一个调整，在初期使用一个指针是很关键的，如果你真的想提高你的阅读技能的话。
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- 11. As we waited in that room, Liz on her back in that awkward position once again, the tension grew while we anticipated the findings.
- 我们在房间里等待时，利兹又再次回到了那个尴尬的处境里，当我们猜测着结果的时候，气氛变得更加紧张了。
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- 12. When you meet, it will not be as awkward as most first dates as you already have bits and pieces of information about each other to bank on and discuss further.
- 当你们见面时，就不会像第一次约会那么尴尬了，因为你们彼此已经了解了对方的一些零碎的资料了，可以更深一步地交谈下去。
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- 13. Then there would be an awkward silence as the person tries to think of what to talk about next.
- 然后就会出现一段尴尬的沉默因为那人在思考下一步该谈什么。
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- 14. An awkward, aloof figure, he has been out kissing babies and even allowing himself to be interviewed on television.
- 一直是尴尬的冷漠的形象的他已经开始外出亲吻婴儿，甚至允许电视采访。
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- 15. We looked like a bunch of awkward kids riding a slow-moving carousel.
- 我们看起来就像一群骑在旋转木马上的笨拙的孩子。
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- 16. So just as we had to escape things with backslashes in an awkward way, same deal with percent in this context.
- 所以就像我们采用笨拙的方式来用反斜杠来避免一些东西,在这个背景下对百分号做相同的处理。
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- 17. There shouldn’t have to be any of those awkward silences,there should be always things to talk about.
- 这其中不该有任何那种尴尬的沉默，而应该是总有说不完的话。
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- 18. There shouldn’t have to be any of those awkward silences,there should be always things to talk about.
- 这其中不该有任何那种尴尬的沉默，而应该是总有说不完的话。
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- 19. Not only is it awkward for the user, but it typically results in a thick coating of fingerprints on the display.
- 不仅仅是因为这种输入法难于使用，而且通常会在屏幕上留下重重的指纹。
-- 来源 -- About Face 3交互设计精髓
- 20. The pan is an awkward shape.
- 这个锅的形状用起来不方便。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 21. Everybody spoke enthusiastically at the meeting. There were no awkward silences.
- 会上，大家发言很热烈，没有冷
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
- 22. Putting functions in a dialog box emphasizes their separateness from the main task. Putting the brightness and contrast adjustment in a dialog box works just fine, but it creates an awkward interaction.
- 将功能放在对话框中的重点是把它们和主任务分开来，在对话框中调节亮度和对比度是可以的，但就交互而言却是蹩脚的。
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- 23. He smiled in an awkward almost apologetic way.
- 他笑得很尴尬，几乎象在道歉。
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- 24. This means that users must switch between stylus and thumb-board, making for considerably awkward input interactions.
- 这就意味着使用者要经常在拇指板和手写笔之间换来换去，使得输入起来相当不方便。
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- 25. Almost all embedded systems have a simplified input system rather than a keyboard or desktop-style pointing device. This means that any input to the system—especially textual input—is awkward, slow, and difficult for users.
- 几乎所有的嵌入系统的输入系统都比键盘或者桌面类的鼠标设备要简单，这就意味着这些系统的输入，尤其是文本的输入，对用户来说是非常笨拙、缓慢和困难的。
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- 26. This was an incredible pain, because regardless of whether you had made a mistake or not, you needed to answer this awkward and confusing meta-question, which could lead you to make exactly the kind of mistake you were hoping to avoid.
- 这也带来了不可想像的痛苦，因为无论你是否犯了错误，都必须回答这个笨拙而困惑的原始问题，它可能会让你真的犯下原本希望避免的错误。
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- 27. Of course, ToolTips will help them, but it is terribly awkward to move a mouse cursor over each icon and wait for the ToolTip for every butcon.
- 当然，工具提示可以有所帮助。 不过要是每次都必须把光标放在图标上面等待提示显示出来，这未免也太笨拙了。
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- 28. Systems usually require verbal or telephone keypad entry of information. Testing should be done to determine an appropriate length of time to wait; keep in mind that phone keypads can be awkward and very slow for entering textual information.
- 系统通常需要的是键盘输入信息或者语音输入信息，可以通过测试来决定等待时间的长短。 要记住，用电话的小键盘来输入文字信息很不方便，而且很慢。
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