awkward是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为a. 难使用的; 笨拙的; 尴尬的，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- There were penguins, so agile in the water, heavy and awkward as they are on the ground; they were uttering harsh cries, a large assembly, sober in gesture, but extravagant in clamour.
在戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯的《恋爱中的女人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- So, with a curious humility, she placed him the little cup of coffee, and herself took the awkward tumbler.
-- As for his own inadequate English, he was much too awkward to try it at all.
在刘易斯·卡罗尔的《爱丽丝漫游镜中世界》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Well, she has the same awkward shape as you,' the Rose said, 'but she's redder and her petals are shorter, I think.'
-- Then they let go of Alice's hands, and stood looking at her for a minute: there was a rather awkward pause, as Alice didn't know how to begin a conversation with people she had just been dancing with.
-- This took a very long time to manage, though Alice held the bag open very carefully, because the Knight was so very awkward in putting in the dish: the first two or three times that he tried he fell in himself instead.
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