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

• 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。
• It is too unwieldy for practical calculations.
  它用于实际计算太麻烦了。
• Even in the one unwieldy sentence quoted above, she makes three elementary mistakes.
  即使是上文引用的那个笨拙的长句中，切尔茜也犯了三个基本错误。
• This is kind of an unwieldy problem.
  这是个有些难以处理的问题。
• This approach is unwieldy.
  这种方法是很难实行的。
• Country's unwieldy banking system.
  这个国家庞大而运作不便的银行系统。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Also, if the application has been around for a while the architecture can become unwieldy.
  同样，如果应用程序暂时遍布很多地方，那么其架构将是笨拙的。