词汇 | ham-fisted |
释义 | ham-fisted adjective mainly UKuk /ˌhæmˈfɪs.tɪd/ us /ˌhæmˈfɪs.tɪd/(US usuallyham-handed) doing things in an awkward or unskilled way when using the hands or dealing with people: 笨手笨脚的;(与人交往时)笨拙的 The report criticizes the ham-fisted way in which complaints were dealt with.这份报道批评了处理投诉的拙劣做法。 Synonym clumsy Inability and awkwardness accident-prone adorkable all thumbsidiom amateurish amateurishly fumbling fumblingly functional illiteracy gauche gauchely 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 Examples of ham-fistedham-fisted It is likely that the editors felt that if they did not censor their own publications voluntarily, they would eventually encounter more ham-fisted outside review by the government. It has been a tawdry and ham-fisted attempt to score short-term party-political advantage. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, it would have been hard to conceive of a more ham-fisted, slapdash and incompetent procedure for doing so. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I have never seen business transacted in this ham-fisted way in all my life. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely, that would be regarded as a very ham-fisted way of carrying on. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a ham-fisted attempt but that is what one is led to when trying to protect the franchise system. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 One certainly does not want to have ham-fisted regulations which are incapable of enforcement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In some sections of our society to be ham-fisted is something to boast about, and that is the trouble. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The concept of introducing a proper land levy system was good, but this system has been compiled in the most ham-fisted manner possible. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The results of this sort of ham-fisted control might be grossly to distort the pattern of retail distribution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been a ham-fisted way of dealing with an industrial dispute—and it is an industrial dispute which the people of this country support. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is he not playing with fire in such a ham-fisted way that he will burn his fingers unless he does something different pretty quickly? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead, my constituents complain, with a frequency which is becoming extraordinary, about what they call the ham-fisted approach of officials. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As the day unwound, we discovered more of the unprincipled nature of what all the ham-fisted charade was about. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The object was to expose the ham-fisted handling of the railway dispute and the methods used in connection with it. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of ham-fisted 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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