笨拙 (-) Flashcards
gawky
(a)笨拙的
(MW) AWKARD, CLUMSY <a gawky adolescent(青少年)>
[衍] gawkiness (n)笨拙
gauche
(a)笨拙的 (尤指社交場合上的不善交際) (=tactless)
(MW1) having or showing a lack of awareness about the proper way to behave: socially awkard
(MW2) lacking social experience or grace; also: not tactful(交際的靈巧) <It would be gauche to mention the subject>
[源] 法文的左手
[衍] gaucheness (n)笨拙
inept
(a) 笨拙的(無能的)
(MW1) lacking skill or ability
(MW2) generally incompetent: BUNGLING <inept leadership>
[源] in(not)-apt(精明)
[衍] ineptitude (n) 無能
[反] apt (a)敏捷的;思考快行動力強
*maladroit
(a) 笨拙的
(MW1) very awkward: not skillful or adroit
(MW2) lacking adroitness: INEPT
[源] mal(bad)-adroit(靈巧)
[衍] maladroitness (n)笨拙
[反] adroit (a)靈巧的
The governor has been criticized for his maladroit handing of the budget crisis.
*ungainly
(a) 笨拙的
(MW1) moving in an awkward or clumsy way: not graceful
(MW2) lacking in smoothness or dexterity: CLUMSY <ungainly movement>
[源] 原意是unfit, inproper =>不合適所以笨拙
bungle
(v) 笨拙地做事 (=bumble)
(MW1) to make mistake in doing something: to not do something well or successfully
(MW2) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly