| 词组 | awkward |
| 释义 | awkward /ˈɔːkwəd $ ˈɒːkwərd/ adjective 1. difficult, embarrassing, or inconvenientawkward + nounsan awkward question They asked me a lot of awkward questions.an awkward subject/topic Money was an awkward subject between Steve and his wife.an awkward situation/position It is a very awkward situation and there is no obvious solution. | You realise that you are putting me in an awkward position.an awkward time/moment You’re calling at rather an awkward time – can you call back later?an awkward fact The awkward fact remains that he is not a popular leader.an awkward silence/pause There was a long and awkward silence, and neither of us knew what to say.an awkward customer informal (=someone who is difficult to deal with) He is an awkward customer and you have to be careful what you say to him.an awkward shape The vase had an awkward shape which made it difficult to wrap as a present.an awkward angle He scored a goal from an awkward angle.an awkward corner (=an awkward situation) We were in rather an awkward corner and I didn’t know what was the best thing to do.adverbsslightly/a little/rather awkward There was one slightly awkward moment when he forgot what he was going to say. | They had something rather awkward to tell her.extremely awkward You are putting me in an extremely awkward position.prepositionsawkward for sb I realise this must be very awkward for you.awkward about sth (=unhelpful and not doing what you want) I hope she isn’t going to be awkward about the money.phrasesmake things awkward I don’t want to make things awkward for anybody.THESAURUS: awkward → difficult → embarrassing2. embarrassed or not relaxedverbsfeel awkward I sometimes feel awkward when I have to give a speech.prepositionsawkward about sth I felt awkward about asking her some rather personal questions.awkward with sb We were strangers and felt awkward with each other. |
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