| 单词 | awkward |
| 释义 | awkwardawkwarderawkwardestawkwardawkward /ˈɔːkwəd $ ˈɒːkwərd/ adjective1embarrassing: I hope he won’t ask any awkward questions.winquestion我希望他不会问一些令人难堪的问题。an awkward silence 令人尴尬的沉默2not relaxed: Geoff looked uneasy and awkward.look杰夫看上去紧张不安。I had been sitting in an awkward position.havebesit我坐的姿势不舒服。3difficult to deal with or use: The cupboard was an awkward shape and wouldn’t fit into the room.be橱柜形状很别扭﹐房间里不好放。4not suitable: They came at an awkward time.come他们来得不是时候。—awkwardlyawkwardly adverb—awkwardnessawkwardnessesawkwardness noun [uncountable]THESAURUS: awkwarddifficult not easy to do, understand, or deal with: a difficult taska difficult problemIt’s difficult to talk about these things.thinghard difficult. Hard is less formal than difficult and is very common in everyday English: The test was really hard.beIt’s hard to say sorry.tough very difficult, because you have to use a lot of effort, or be very determined: It was a tough race.beManagers sometimes have to make some tough decisions.managerdecisioncomplicated something that is complicated is difficult to understand because it has many parts: The rules of the game are very complicated.rulebecomplicatea complicated systemcomplicatetricky difficult, especially because there are many possible problems and you could easily make a mistake: Finding your way out of the forest can be tricky, especially at night.finda tricky situationawkward an awkward situation, question etc is difficult or embarrassing to deal with: You’ve put me in a very awkward position.challenging difficult in an interesting and enjoyable way: I wanted a job that was more challenging.wantbechallengea challenging piece of musicchallengedemanding a demanding job or task is difficult and tiring, because it takes a lot of time and hard work: It can be demanding bringing up young children.demandbringchildThe job is very demanding and can be quite stressful.bedemandarduous long and tiring and needing a lot of effort: an arduous journeyan arduous task |
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