awkward
adjective
uk/ˈɔː.kwəd/us/ˈɑː.kwɚd/awkwardadjective(DIFFICULT)
B2
difficultto use, do, ordealwith:
难用的；棘手的；难处理的，难对付的It's an awkwardcorner, so take itslowly.这个转弯不好过，开慢点儿。
Some of thequestionswereratherawkward.有些问题很难回答。
It was an awkwardascent, but wereachedthetopeventually.那段上坡路很难走，但最后我们还是爬到了山顶。
[+ to infinitive]My car'squiteawkwardtodrive.我的车很难开。
He's an awkwardcustomer(= adifficultpersontodealwith).他是个很难应付的顾客。
not easy to deal with or understand
- difficultIt's very difficult to find a job in this city.
- hardThe exam was really hard.
- complicatedThe instructions were so complicated I just couldn't follow them.
- complexDesigning a house is a complex process.
- trickyIt's quite tricky getting the puzzle pieces to fit together.
- If hepersistsinaskingawkwardquestions, thensendhim to theboss.
- When two ofyourbestfriendsargueit puts you in a very awkwardposition.
- Hefieldedsome awkwardquestionsveryskilfully.
- If theyaskany awkwardquestions, justletme do thetalking.
- It's going to be awkward, to say the least.
Complicated and difficult to do
- advanced
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- another
- arduous
- formidable
- formidably
- get blood out of/from a stoneidiom
- grail
- gruelling
- onerous
- overdemanding
- painstaking
- picnic
- problematic
- tuff
- ultra-sensitive
- unresolved
- unsolved
- unwieldy
awkwardadjective(EMBARRASSING)
B2
causingproblems,worry, orembarrassment:
令人尴尬的；使人难堪的an awkwardposition/situation令人尴尬的位置／局面
Therefollowedan awkwardsilencewhile we alltriedtothinkof something to say.然后是一段令人尴尬的沉默，我们都绞尽脑汁地想说点儿什么。
They'dchosenan awkwardtimetocallas I'd just got into thebath.他们偏偏在我刚开始洗澡的时候来电话，真不是时候。
Thepoliceaskedsome awkwardquestionsabout where themoneyhad come from.警方围绕钱的来源问了一些让人很难作答的问题。
C2
embarrassedornervous:
尴尬的；局促不安的；为难的I alwaysfeelawkward when I'm with Chris - he's sodifficulttotalkto.我跟克里斯在一起总感到别扭——与他这人交谈太费劲儿。
Heseemeda little awkward when I firstmethim.我第一次见他的时候，他有点儿放不开。
- He's verydeftathandlingawkwardsituations.
- Somehow shemanagedto fend off the awkwardquestions.
- It's always awkward when youmeetsomeone youknow, but you can'tremembertheirname.
- Herremarksproducedan awkwardsilence.
- After along, awkwardpausesomeoneaskedaquestion.
Inconvenience
- aggravation
- aggro
- bore
- bother
- bulky
- burden
- disturbance
- drag
- imposition
- inconvenience
- inconvenient
- inconveniently
- inopportune
- pisser
- putsomethingout
- rigamarole
- rigmarole
- snag
- storm
- tempest
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Embarrassing
Anxious and worried
Ashamed and embarrassed
awkwardadjective(NOT HELPFUL)
mainlyUK
intentionallynothelpful:
难相处的；不合作的；故意为难的Juststopbeing so awkward andhelpmepushthecar, will you!别再跟我闹别扭了，快帮我推推车，好不好！
Synonym
uncooperative
Unhelpful and Uncooperative
- awkwardly
- awkwardness
- deterrent
- foot
- hang
- hangsomeoneout to dryidiom
- obstructionism
- obstructionist
- obstructive
- obstructively
- obstructiveness
- stifling
- stiflingly
- stultifying
- stultifyingly
- unaccommodating
- uncongenial
- underyourfeetidiom
- unforthcoming
- unhelpful
awkwardadjective(MOVEMENT)
movingin a way that is notnatural,relaxed, orattractive:
笨拙的；别扭的；不灵活的；难看的Hismovementswereslowand awkward.他的动作迟缓笨拙。
Inability and awkwardness
- accident-prone
- adorkable
- all thumbsidiom
- amateurish
- amateurishly
- fumble
- functional illiteracy
- gauche
- geek
- ham-fisted
- jack-of-all-trades, master of noneidiom
- klutzy
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- lost
- lubber
- unable
- uncoordinated
- uneducable
- unenterprising
- unequal
Idiom
the awkward gang