词汇 | awkwardly |
释义 | awkwardly adverb uk /ˈɔː.kwəd.li/ us /ˈɑː.kwɚd.li/ awkwardlyadverb (WITH EMBARRASSMENT)in a worried or embarrassed way: 局促不安地;尴尬地 He shifted awkwardly from one foot to the other.他局促不安地站在那儿,双脚倒来倒去。 in an embarrassing or worrying way, or a way that causes problems: 不合适地;引发问题地 The publication of the economic statistics was awkwardly timed for the government.经济统计数字公布的时机不对,令政府陷入尴尬境地。 Ashamed and embarrassed abash abashed ashamed awkward awkwardness guiltiness hangdog have egg on your faceidiom humbling humblingly mortify mortifying not know where to put yourselfidiom pride self-mortification sheepishness silly smallness squirm swallow your prideidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Anxious and worried awkwardlyadverb (MOVE)moving in a way that is not natural, relaxed, or attractive: 笨拙的;别扭的;不灵活的;难看的 She fell awkwardly when she was skiing and twisted her ankle.滑雪时,她笨重地摔了一跤,扭伤了脚踝。 He walked awkwardly across the room, aware that they were watching.他不自然地走过房间,知道大家都在看着他。 Inability and awkwardness accident-prone adorkable all thumbsidiom amateurish amateurishly fumblingly functional illiteracy gauche gauchely gawkily inexpertly jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom klutzy like a bull in a china shopidiom uncoordinated uneducable unenterprising unequal ungainly awkwardlyadverb (WITH DIFFICULTY)in a way that is difficult to deal with, use, or do: (以一种难以应对的方式)怪怪地 The car was parked awkwardly across the pavement.这辆车怪怪地横着停在人行道上。 Complicated and difficult to do advanced ambitious ambitiously another arduous formidably get blood out of/from a stoneidiom grail gruelling gruellingly onerously overdemanding painstaking picnic problematic trickily tricky tuff ultra-sensitive unintuitive awkwardlyadverb (NOT HELPFULLY)in an intentionally unhelpful way: 不合作地;故意为难地 He stood there awkwardly, refusing to move.他故意站在那里,拒绝让开。 Unhelpful and Uncooperative awkward awkwardness balky deterrent hang non-cooperation non-cooperative obstructionism obstructionist obstructive pre-emptive stiflingly stultifying stultifyingly unaccommodating uncooperativeness under your feetidiom unforthcoming unhelpful unhelpfully awkwardly | American Dictionaryawkwardly adverb us/ˈɔ·kwər·dli/ awkwardlyadverb (CAUSING DIFFICULTY)so as to make something difficult to deal with: The publication of the article was awkwardly timed for the government. awkwardlyadverb (WITHOUT GRACE)without grace: He sat awkwardly on the floor. Examples of awkwardlyawkwardly The body occupies a territory where language itself becomes problematic, awkwardly polarised between the medical-clinical and the vulgar-demotic. Coordination in the motionverb example in (i) allows for a single-event interpretation, whereas in (ii) and functions (awkwardly) as a conjunction. The irreconcilable duality of his being is restated every time he traipses awkwardly across the stage. Feeling-based ministry is often awkwardly delivered, occasionally emotional, and tends more towards the poetic than the prosaic. Such a list of characters however, far from giving structure and direction to this study, seems to stand awkwardly in the way of a smooth reading of a complicated story. The chair's, perhaps, making you sit awkwardly. The author is all the same right to conclude, however awkwardly, that 'this same finitude of elements [is essential] for the discriminability, learnability, memorability and reproducibility of music patterns'. We know that he does not want to refer to the matter too awkwardly again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Eavesdropping evidence is admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings and this sits awkwardly against the fact that intercept material is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To make them work inordinately long hours or awkwardly spread-out hours is a bad proposition for the country, not only socially but commercially and politically. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Like many, it accepts that current legislation is awkwardly drafted, difficult to enforce and full of anomalies. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have, somewhat awkwardly, to raise the question of cost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are a great variety of circumstances which may change rapidly and awkwardly towards the end of the financial year. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 How do we best handle the courageous, cussed men with their awkwardly long memories, particularly of grievances? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think it is also true that the changes have been awkwardly brought about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of awkwardly These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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