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单词 ham-fisted
释义
ham-fisted
adjective
mainlyUK
uk
/ˌhæmˈfɪs.tɪd/us
/ˌhæmˈfɪs.tɪd/
(USusuallyham-handed)
doing things in anawkwardorunskilledway when using thehandsordealingwithpeople:
笨手笨脚的；（与人交往时）笨拙的
Thereportcriticizesthe ham-fisted way in whichcomplaintsweredealtwith.这份报道批评了处理投诉的拙劣做法。
Synonym
clumsy
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Inability and awkwardness
  • accident-prone
  • adorkable
  • all thumbsidiom
  • amateurish
  • amateurishly
  • for toffeeidiom
  • fumble
  • functional illiteracy
  • gauche
  • geek
  • jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
  • klutzy
  • like a bull in a china shopidiom
  • lost
  • lubber
  • unable
  • uncoordinated
  • uneducable
  • unenterprising
  • unequal
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(Definition ofham-fistedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofham-fisted

ham-fisted
It is likely that the editors felt that if they did not censor their own publications voluntarily, they would eventually encounter moreham-fistedoutside review by the government.
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It has been a tawdry andham-fistedattempt to score short-term party-political advantage.
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However, it would have been hard to conceive of a moreham-fisted, slapdash and incompetent procedure for doing so.
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I have never seen business transacted in thisham-fistedway in all my life.
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Surely, that would be regarded as a veryham-fistedway of carrying on.
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It was aham-fistedattempt but that is what one is led to when trying to protect the franchise system.
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One certainly does not want to haveham-fistedregulations which are incapable of enforcement.
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In some sections of our society to beham-fistedis something to boast about, and that is the trouble.
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The concept of introducing a proper land levy system was good, but this system has been compiled in the mostham-fistedmanner possible.
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The results of this sort ofham-fistedcontrol might be grossly to distort the pattern of retail distribution.
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It has been aham-fistedway of dealing with an industrial dispute—and it is an industrial dispute which the people of this country support.
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Is he not playing with fire in such aham-fistedway that he will burn his fingers unless he does something different pretty quickly?
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Instead, my constituents complain, with a frequency which is becoming extraordinary, about what they call theham-fistedapproach of officials.
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As the day unwound, we discovered more of the unprincipled nature of what all theham-fistedcharade was about.
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The object was to expose theham-fistedhandling of the railway dispute and the methods used in connection with it.
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