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单词 stilted
释义
stilted
adjective
disapproving
uk
/ˈstɪl.tɪd/us
/ˈstɪl.tɪd/
(of a person'sbehaviouror way ofspeakingor writing) tooformaland notsmoothornatural:
（言谈举止或写作风格）生硬的，不自然的
He writes in aformalandsomewhatstiltedstyle.他的写作风格刻板，相当生硬。
Thedialoguesoundedstilted andunnatural,perhapsbecause of thetranslationfrom theoriginalRussian.对话听起来很生硬，非常不自然，可能是因为从俄文原著翻译过来的缘故。
Synonyms
artificial
contriveddisapproving
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(Definition ofstiltedfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

stilted| American Dictionary

stilted
adjective
us
/ˈstɪl·tɪd/
(ofbehavior,speech, or writing) tooformaland notsmoothornatural:
Legallanguagetendsto be very stilted.
(Definition ofstiltedfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstilted

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The language isstilted, typical 'translatorese', so much so that some sentences are virtually incomprehensible.
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The text, in traditional number-opera format, is indeedstiltedand dreary.
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As a kind of diary, in parts it is written in thestilted, abbreviated manner of that genre.
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Too much emphasis on any one element would lead to the production of narratives which werestiltedand not naturalistic.
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The rhetoric of his speeches is also somewhatstiltedand archaic, probably by design.
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The lines, spoken staccato by the actors, are choppy,stiltedfragments rather than smooth streams of input.
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Besides, the mensural interpretation was artificial and yieldedstiltedtranscriptions.
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In his serenade, for example, the rhymes are obvious andstilted; more grotesque still are the violations of metre and the misplaced accents.
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Because of the small sample ofstiltedtrees, only unbuttressed and buttressed trees are considered hereafter.
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The former is fine, if a littlestilted, while the latter is quite awkward with either passive auxiliary.
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Echoing, and technological attempts at dealing with it, render much of the speechstiltedand prone to breakdown.
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Although somewhatstilteddue to its verb-initial order, this sentence is grammatical, embedded in a larger narrative context.
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Because the language of the popular press is lively and colloquial, in contrast to thestiltedformulaic language of official publications, people believe what it says is true.
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In fact, to describe the central performances in these terms could be misleading: to our eyes, the acting looks mannered, with a ratherstilted, melodramatic quality about it.
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Photius' style is impersonal, not to saystilted, and he would hardly have needed to tell his brother who their father was.
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