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awkwardly adv.别扭地；拘谨地；尴尬地；笨拙地 (1) 约翰不自在地清清喉咙想找话讲。(2) 他们在镜头前拘谨地笑了。(3) 我笨拙地跌在地上，扭伤了脚踝。 People behave awkwardly when they're embarrassed or self-conscious — you might act awkwardly as you stand on a stage, accepting an unexpected award. You might also move awkwardly in a purely physical sense: "The cast on his leg meant that he shuffled awkwardly down the hall on crutches." The original meaning of the adjective awkward was "in the wrong direction," a combination of awk, "back-handed" or "turned the wrong way," and -ward, "toward."

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英 ['ɔːkwədli] 美 ['ɔːkwədli] (1) John awkwardly cleared his throat as he tried to think of something to say.(2) They smiled awkwardly at the camera.(3) I landed awkwardly and twisted my ankle. If you do something awkwardly, you do it with very little grace, in a klutzy or bumbling way. When a first date goes awkwardly, you might be tempted to skip a second date.

英语单词	awkwardly
英美音标	英 ['ɔːkwədli] 美 ['ɔːkwədli]
中文释义	adv.别扭地；拘谨地；尴尬地；笨拙地
英语例句	(1) John awkwardly cleared his throat as he tried to think of something to say. (2) They smiled awkwardly at the camera. (3) I landed awkwardly and twisted my ankle.
中文例句	(1) 约翰不自在地清清喉咙想找话讲。 (2) 他们在镜头前拘谨地笑了。 (3) 我笨拙地跌在地上，扭伤了脚踝。
vocabulary简明	If you do something awkwardly, you do it with very little grace, in a klutzy or bumbling way. When a first date goes awkwardly, you might be tempted to skip a second date.
vocabulary扩展	People behave awkwardly when they're embarrassed or self-conscious — you might act awkwardly as you stand on a stage, accepting an unexpected award. You might also move awkwardly in a purely physical sense: "The cast on his leg meant that he shuffled awkwardly down the hall on crutches." The original meaning of the adjective awkward was "in the wrong direction," a combination of awk, "back-handed" or "turned the wrong way," and -ward, "toward."

Awkwardly Wrong 英 ɔːkwədli] 美 ɔːkwədli Adv.别扭地；拘谨地；尴尬地；笨拙地 John Cleared