unwieldy

英 [ʌnˈwiːldi]

美 [ʌnˈwiːldi]

adj.  笨重的; 笨拙的; 不灵巧的; 难控制(或操纵、管理)的; 运转不灵的; 尾大不掉的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 笨重的；笨拙的；不灵巧的
  difficult to move or control because of its size, shape or weight
• 难控制（或操纵、管理）的；运转不灵的；尾大不掉的
  difficult to control or organize because it is very large or complicated

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 沉甸甸的；粗笨的；笨重的
  If you describe an object asunwieldy, you mean that it is difficult to move or carry because it is so big or heavy.
  1. They came panting up to his door with their unwieldy baggage.
     他们提着笨重的行李气喘吁吁地来到他门口。
• ADJ-GRADED 臃肿的；庞大的
  If you describe a system asunwieldy, you mean that it does not work very well as a result of it being too large or badly organized.
  1. His firm must contend with the unwieldy Russian bureaucracy.
     他的公司必须与俄罗斯庞大的官僚机构周旋。
  2. ...an unwieldy legal system.
     臃肿的法律体系

英英释义

adj

• lacking grace in movement or posture
  1. a gawky lad with long ungainly legs
  2. clumsy fingers
  3. what an ungainly creature a giraffe is
  4. heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair
  Synonym:gawkyclumsyclunkyungainly
• difficult to work or manipulate
  1. unwieldy rules and regulations
• difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape
  1. we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter
  2. almost dropped the unwieldy parcel
  Synonym:unmanageable

双语例句

• OK, the bed may be too unwieldy or expensive to replace.
  好吧，换张床有可能太费手脚或者太贵了。
• Our houses are such unwieldy property that we are often imprisoned rather than housed in them.
  我们的房子是如此不便的财产以至于我们常常被它所束缚而非居住。
• This terminology of full and partial repositories is somewhat unwieldy and a little confusing.
  术语完整储存库和部分储存库可能有些复杂甚至有些让人困惑。
• Often as tall as the archer, these bows have long range and power, but are unwieldy.
  通常跟弓箭手一样高，这些弓具有长射程，巨大的威力但是已经不实用了。
• One drawback to solar-generated electricity is the unwieldy panels, which look out of place on a traditional home.
  可知，笨拙的面板是太阳能发电的一个缺陷，因为它看上去与传统的房屋结构不相称，故选。
• Drift tubes, however, are unwieldy.
  然而漂移管很笨重。
• This is kind of an unwieldy problem.
  这是个有些难以处理的问题。
• It is too unwieldy for practical calculations.
  它用于实际计算太麻烦了。
• This proves far too unwieldy for a universal means of payment.
  对于一种通用支付手段来说，事实证明这种处理方式太过笨拙。
• Even a country as coolly efficient as Denmark has struggled to cope with such an unwieldy event.
  即使向丹麦这样沉着、高效的主办者，应付这样一次庞大规模的活动也十分吃力。