awkward
【考法1】adj. 缺乏靈活性和技巧的: lacking dexterity or skill
【例】awkward with a needle and thread 缺乏靈巧的針線活技術
【近】handless, maladroit
【反】adroit, deft, dexterous, proficient, skilled 靈巧的
【考法2】adj. (處理問題)缺乏手段和智值模簊howing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with
a situation)
【例】Her awkward handling of the seating arrangements resulted in many hurt feelings. 她那缺乏智值淖
安排傷害了許多人的感情
【近】botched, bungling, fumbled, inept, inexpert, maladroit
【考法3】adj. 臃腫笨拙的,不優雅的:lacking ease or grace (as of movement or expression)
【例】an awkward design 一份粗劣的設計
【近】clumsy, gauche, graceless, gawkish
【反】elegant, graceful, polished, lithe, coordinated 優雅的
【考法4】adj. 令人尷尬的:causing embarrassment
【例】the awkward situation of having to listen as your host and hostess quarrel loudly in the next room 不
得不聽著你的主人和她太太在隔壁大聲爭吵的尷尬境地
【近】discomfiting, disturbing, disconcerting, embarrassing, flustering
【考法5】adj. (因過大過重或設計問題)難以操作的:difficult to use or operate especially because of size,
weight, or design
【例】The manual can opener is too awkward to hold. 那個手動啟瓶器太難握了
【近】ponderous, ungainly, unhandy, unwieldy, bunglesome, cranky
【反】handy 容易操縱的
awning
【考法】n. 雨篷,遮陽篷:a piece of material attached to a caravan or building which provides shelter from the
rain or sun
【例】stayed under the awning outside the Starbucks during the rainstorm 在星巴克外面的遮陽棚裡躲雨
【近】awning, ceiling, cover, roof, tent
awry
【考法1】adj. 彎曲或扭曲的: in a turned or twisted position or direction
【例】Her sunglass is awry. 她墨鏡戴歪了
【近】askew, aslant, lopsided, slanted
【反】aligned, direct, even, straight 成行的,筆直的
【考法2】adj./adv. 走樣的(地),出差錯的(地): off the correct or expected course
【例】Operation Redwing was initially launched by US special-operation troops in hopes of capturing or killing a
