| 词汇 | maladroit |
| 释义 | maladroit adjective formaluk /ˌmæl.əˈdrɔɪt/ us /ˌmæl.əˈdrɔɪt/ awkward in movement or unskilled in behaviour or action: 不灵巧的，笨拙的;不熟练的 She can be a little maladroit in social situations.她在社交场合会显得有些笨拙。 Synonym clumsy Opposite adroit Inability and awkwardness accident-prone adorkable all thumbsidiom amateurish amateurishly fumbling fumblingly functional illiteracy gauche gauchely inexpert inexpertly jack-of-all-trades jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom klutzy uncoordinated uneducable unenterprising unequal ungainly Related wordsmaladroitly maladroitness Examples of maladroitmaladroit It is astonishingly maladroit public relations by any of the boards that they should say that they intend to carry on with this practice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I venture to think to-day he made an almost equally maladroit and provocative comparison. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The great salesman himself—that is his only claim to expertise in this deal showed how maladroit he is. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I can only assume that he rushed into this rather maladroit defence of secret political funds without thinking what he was saying. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The heads of those who were responsible for drafting the extremely maladroit letters —to put the matter mildly—should be presented on a plate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, therefore, in our opinion extremely maladroit, to put it no higher, to raise this particular issue at this particular time. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems an extraordinarily maladroit thing to do. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I could not imagine any more maladroit advocacy of the scheme than that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have been maladroit in many areas of policy and now the chickens are coming home to roost. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Nothing could be more improper, and nothing could be more maladroit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me to be one of the most maladroit performances that could be conceived. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But psycholgically what has happened has been about as maladroit as anything could be. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Could any handling of a situation be more maladroit than that? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The heads of those who were responsible for drafting the extremely maladroit letters—to put the matter mildly—should be presented on a plate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It seems to me to be most peculiarly maladroit. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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