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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。
尴尬；难为情
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尴尬；难为情
The quality of being embarrassing or socially uncomfortable.
The awkwardness of the situation made everyone silent.
这种局面的尴尬让所有人都沉默了。
多指社交或人际情境中的不自在
笨拙；不灵巧；不熟练的状态或品质。
The state or quality of being awkward; clumsiness; unskillfulness.
尴尬局面的性质；令人难堪的特质。
The quality of an embarrassing situation.
The awkwardness of the silence was palpable after his inappropriate joke.
在他不恰当的笑话之后，沉默的尴尬气氛非常明显。
She moved with the awkwardness of someone who had never danced before.
她的动作笨拙，就像从未跳过舞的人一样。
His social awkwardness made it hard for him to make friends at the party.
他的社交笨拙使他在聚会上很难交到朋友。
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。
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。
After the argument, there was noticeable awkwardness between us.
争吵之后，我们之间有一种明显的尴尬。
awkwardness in 后接名词或动名词，表示在某个具体方面或做某事时表现出的笨拙或尴尬。
His awkwardness in social situations is hard to ignore.
他在社交场合的笨拙让人难以忽视。
Not this
I felt awkwardness when I met her.
Use this
I felt awkward when I met her.
feel 是系动词，后面应接形容词作表语，描述主语的状态；awkwardness 是名词，表示“笨拙”或“尴尬”这种性质，不能直接用于系动词后，应改为形容词 awkward。
Not this
He smiled awkwardness at the camera.
Use this
He smiled awkwardly at the camera.
smile 是实义动词，修饰动作要用副词 awkwardly，而不能用名词 awkwardness。名词不能作状语，所以这里必须改成副词形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
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。
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。
打破尴尬
He told a joke to break the awkwardness.
他讲了个笑话来打破尴尬。
片刻的尴尬；一时尴尬
After the misunderstanding, there was a moment of awkwardness.
误会过后，有一阵短暂的尴尬。
彼此间的尴尬
The awkwardness between them disappeared after they talked.
他们交谈之后，彼此间的尴尬消失了。
Use awkwardness naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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’。
The plural form 'awkwardnesses' is used to refer to multiple instances or types.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY, WORDNET.