【clumsy】 - SAT备考词汇

clumsy

UK:  ['klʌmzi]

US:  ['klʌmzi]

比较级：clumsier  最高级：clumsiest  

adj.

1.笨,愚蠢的;笨拙,拙劣的

2.(手脚)笨拙的

3.笨拙的;无技巧的

4.笨头笨脑的;笨口拙舌地;笨手笨脚的

5.臃肿;笨重的;难看的

6.愚笨的,不圆滑的

7.制作粗陋的;(文体等)臃肿的

8.粗陋;粗制的

9.难操纵的

1 . The military alliance that faced down the Red Army might have been expected to crush the clumsy forces of Colonel Qaddafi in days.
人们期望这个曾经挫败过（苏联）红军的军事同盟在数日内粉碎卡扎菲上校不堪一击的部队。

2 . But although all this was troubling, Angela Merkel's attempt to fix it has been spectacularly clumsy.
除去所有这些麻烦之外，安吉拉.默克尔试图修复它们的企图则更是笨拙的令人发指。

3 . What I had said to Daniel was clumsy and trite. It was nothing. And yet, it was everything.
我对丹尼尔的表达是笨拙的和老套的。它什么都不是，然而，它也是一切。

4 . We say that we are "all thumbs" , meaning that our fingers seem to be too clumsy for the work.
我们常说自己“笨手笨脚”，意思是说我们的手指太笨拙，干不了某件工作。

5 . But each new type he made up was as clumsy or as heavy or as over sharp as the type it was designed to replace .
但是每一种他自己设计的新型式都和它所要代替的那一种一样地笨拙，一样地沉重，或是一样地太锋利。