Word · Frequency #19957
awkwardness
尴尬；难为情
核心释义
多指社交或人际情境中的不自在
The quality of being embarrassing or socially uncomfortable.
- 1.
笨拙；不灵巧；不熟练的状态或品质。
The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
- 2.
尴尬局面的性质；令人难堪的特质。
The quality of an embarrassing situation.
笨拙；不熟练；笨拙；不灵巧；不熟练的状态或品质。；尴尬局面的性质；令人难堪的特质。；笨拙；不熟练
用法In use
The awkwardness of the silence was palpable after his inappropriate joke.
用法提示：这里awkwardness指尴尬的气氛，作为名词使用。
She moved with the awkwardness of someone who had never danced before.
用法提示：这里awkwardness指动作的笨拙，体现不灵活的含义。
His social awkwardness made it hard for him to make friends at the party.
用法提示：这里awkwardness指社交方面的不熟练或尴尬。
the awkwardness of (doing) sth
用于强调某种尴尬或笨拙的性质归属于某事物或行为。
The awkwardness of the situation made everyone silent.
这种局面的尴尬让所有人都沉默了。
awkwardness between A and B
常用来描述两个人或群体之间因不快事件而产生的难堪氛围。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- social awkwardness
- 社交尴尬；社交笨拙
- His social awkwardness made it hard for him to make friends.他的社交笨拙使他很难交到朋友。
- physical awkwardness
- 身体笨拙；动作不灵巧
- Her physical awkwardness was obvious when she tried to dance.当她试着跳舞时，她的身体笨拙很明显。
- the awkwardness of the situation
- 局面的尴尬
- She tried to pretend not to notice the awkwardness of the situation.她试图装作没注意到局面的尴尬。
- break the awkwardness
- 打破尴尬
- He told a joke to break the awkwardness.他讲了个笑话来打破尴尬。
- a moment of awkwardness
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把awkward想成笨拙的动作——像卡住时发出的“呃”声，加上-ness变成名词，就是“笨拙、尴尬”的状态。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：social settings、physical clumsiness、formal writing 作为名词，awkwardness 通常用于正式或中性语境，多出现在对社交场合、言行或身体动作的描述中；日常口语里也常用，但更常见于书面表达。翻译时可依情境选择‘尴尬’或‘笨拙’。
语法说明Grammar Note
The plural form 'awkwardnesses' is used to refer to multiple instances or types.
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都以 -ness 结尾，拼写相近，且后缀都读作 /nəs/；但它们与 awkwardness 并不押韵，因为 awkwardness 的重音在首音节，重读元音不同。注意：不要因为拼写都以 -ness 结尾就认为它们读音相同；比较时要看整个单词的重音和元音。
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