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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4097 COCA: 4992
awkward
adjective /ˈɔːkwə(r)d/
  1. 1
    difficult to deal with and embarrassing 难处理的;棘手的;令人尴尬的

    After he spoke there was an awkward silence. 他发言之后是一阵难堪的沉默。

    Luckily nobody asked any awkward questions about what he was doing there. 幸运的是,没人问起有关他在那儿做什么事的棘手问题。

    It's a bit awkward, because he's my friend but I'm still his boss. 这有点难办,因为他是我的朋友,可我还是他的老板。

     Synonyms and related words
    Making you feel ashamed or embarrassed: embarrassing, humiliating, painful...
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    Difficult or impossible to deal with: difficult, impossible, trying...
    1. a.
      British someone who is awkward is difficult to deal with or please, and causes problems, often deliberately (人)难以对付的,难以取悦的

      He's just being awkward. 他只是在找茬。

      an awkward customer 难对付的顾客

       Synonyms and related words
      Causing problems and disagreement: difficult, bad, embarrassing...
  2. 2
    something that is awkward is difficult to move or use because of its shape or position (某物因形状或位置而)难处理的

    The crates were much too heavy and awkward for one person to carry. 这些板条箱太重了,一个人很难扛动。

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  3. 3
    not comfortable, relaxed, or confident 别扭的;拘谨的;尴尬的

    He stood there looking stiff and awkward in his uniform. 他站在那儿,穿着制服显得僵硬而别扭。

    feel awkward about (doing) something :

    She felt awkward about asking to borrow more money. 她对张口借更多的钱觉得不好意思。

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  4. 4
    slightly wrong and not attractive or graceful 不好看的;不雅观的

    She had arranged all the furniture at awkward angles. 她把家具全都摆放得很难看。

     Synonyms and related words
    Describing clumsiness and awkward movements: clumsy, awkward, ungainly...

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awkwardness

noun [U]
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Feelings of worry and nervousness: worry, concern, stress...
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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4097 COCA: 4992
awkward

adjective¹

1difficult困難;艱難VERBS | ADVERB | PHRASES VERBSbe, look, seem難以處理;看上去難處理;好像棘手make sth使⋯難以處理ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極為/相當/非常難應付She asked some rather awkward questions.她問了一些相當難回答的問題。incredibly, terribly極難處理;非常棘手a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些棘手PHRASESmake things awkward使事情變得棘手He could make things very awkward for me if he wanted to.如果他願意的話,他可使我非常難辦。
awkward

adjective²

2not relaxed不放鬆VERBS | ADVERB | PREPOSITION VERBSbe, feel, look, sound尷尬;感到局促不安;看上去尷尬;聽上去局促不安He always sounded awkward on the phone.他在電話中聽上去總是局促不安。become變得局促不安make sb使某人尷尬He was embarrassed, which made him awkward.他很窘迫,這使他局促不安。ADVERBextremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/相當/非常尷尬a little, slightly, etc.有點兒/略有些尷尬painfully異常窘迫As a teenager he was painfully awkward in company.作為一個十幾歲的少年,他在眾人面前十分局促不安。socially在社交場合局促不安I was the most socially awkward person you could imagine.我是你能想像出的在社交場合感到最不自在的人。PREPOSITIONabout因⋯感到難為情They felt awkward about having to leave so soon.這麼快就得走,他們感到很難為情。with與⋯一起感到不自在She is awkward with people she doesn't know.她和陌生人在一起感到不自在。
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 4097 COCA: 4992
awkward adj.
embarrassed (She is awkward with people she doesn't know.) perverse (Please don't be awkward.) sensitive2 (put sb in an awkward position) wrong3 (an awkward time)

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