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

• 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。
• 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。
• Drift tubes, however, are unwieldy.
  然而漂移管很笨重。
• 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。
• But the O ( 1) scheduler became unwieldy in the kernel.
  但是O（1）调度器在内核中很笨拙。
• 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。
• But that's a little unwieldy.
  但是这样有点笨拙。
• For complex interactions and3D environments, this method becomes too unwieldy.
  在互动的合成及3d系统环境上，这方法实在太不实用了。
• 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。
• We use the prefixes because URIs and URLs can be pretty unwieldy.
  之所以定义前缀，是因为URI和URL非常难用。