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

• TV and computer screens used to be heavy, unwieldy and expensive.
  电视和电脑的屏幕过去通常很重、很笨拙也很贵。
• 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。
• Since the detailed expression is somewhat unwieldy we present it here in its general form.
  由于详细表达有点不实用，我们在这里提出了它的一般形式。
• But that's a little unwieldy.
  但是这样有点笨拙。
• I fear foundational systems will become unwieldy and bureaucratic failures.
  我担心基础性系统会变得笨拙而官僚，运转不灵。
• Her two guns were too unwieldy for accurate shooting.
  她的两门火炮笨重至极，很难操作，不能进行准确射击。
• But that's the point of having larger, but not unwieldy, team sizes.
  但是问题的关键是要具备大型的但并非是臃肿的团队规模。
• An overhaul of Greece's corrupt and unwieldy tax administration has been delayed.
  彻底改变希腊腐败和混乱的税收管理的计划已经被延期。
• If your site is large and unwieldy, you may need to reorganize its physical layout into simpler mini-sites.
  如果您的站点庞大而且笨拙，您可能需要将其物理布局重新组织为比较简单的迷你站点。
• 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。