Ally

Clumsy

發佈時間: 2015/10/07

搬屋找搬運公司幫忙,可是愈幫愈忙……職員笨手笨腳(clumsy)、粗心大意,碗碟碎了幾隻,電腦顯示器又跌破。他們賠償了,我還是要花時間精神重新添置。

Clumsy形容「人的動作笨拙(awkward)、手腳不靈活,常弄翻東西」。用all thumbs代替clumsy也可。例句:The workers were so clumsy that my computer monitor was broken.(工人笨拙得把我的電腦顯示器弄破了。)I always feel all thumbs when it comes to styling my hair.(談到頭髮造型,我總是笨手笨腳。)

Clumsy亦可以形容「人的社交技巧笨拙、不得體、不圓滑,或會冒犯別人」。例句:My apology may have been clumsy but I am very sincere. I hope she will accept it.(我的道歉可能笨拙,但我很真誠,希望她會接受。)

除了形容人,clumsy可以形容「程序太複雜、難理解和跟從」或「物件粗陋笨重、不便使用」。例句:The application procedure was clumsy. It took me hours to complete it.(報名程序很複雜,我花了幾小時來完成。)I doubt if anyone would buy such a clumsy device.(我懷疑是否有人會買這種笨重的設備。)

撰文: Ally 最漂亮英文專業老師
欄名: WordDiscovery