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awkwardness

英 ['ɔːkwədnəs] 美

解释

n. 尴尬；笨拙

※ 提供单词"awkwardness"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

awkwardness (n.): 1704, "lack of grace," from awkward + -ness. Meaning "physical clumsiness" is attested from c. 1770; that of "social embarrassment" is from 1788.

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例句和用法

1. He displayed all the awkwardness of adolescence.: 他表现出了青春期的各种羞涩不安。

2. His awkwardness made him fumble with the key.: 由于尴尬不安,他拿钥匙开锁时显得笨手笨脚.

3. I tried to smooth over the awkwardness of this first meeting.: 我试图掩饰初次会面时的不自然.

4. With seeming awkwardness he fumbled long with the bow.: 他假装笨拙,把弓瞎摸了很久.

5. He sat down , at first, with some constraint and awkwardness.: 他刚入座时还感到有点拘束和别扭.