unwieldy: [14] Unwieldy originally meant ‘weak, feeble’ (‘a toothless, old, impotent, and unwieldy woman’, Reginald Scot, Discovery of Witch-craft 1584). The meaning ‘awkward to handle’ developed in the 16th century. The word was based on the now seldom encountered wieldy, which evolved from Old English wielde ‘active, vigorous’. This in turn went back to the Germanic base *walth- ‘have power’, source also of English herald and wield. => herald, wield
unwieldy (adj.)
late 14c., "lacking strength, powerless," from un- (1) "not" + obsolete wieldy, from Old English wielde "active, vigorous," from Proto-Germanic *walth- "have power" (see wield (v.)). Meaning "moving ungracefully" is recorded from 1520s; in reference to weapons, "difficult to handle, awkward by virtue of size or shape" it is attested from 1540s. Related: Unwieldiness.
unwieldy 英文释义
1. difficult to use or handle or manage because of size or weight or shape;
"we set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter"
"almost dropped the unwieldy parcel"
2. lacking grace in movement or posture;
"a gawky lad with long ungainly legs"
"clumsy fingers"
"what an ungainly creature a giraffe is"
"heaved his unwieldy figure out of his chair"
unwieldy 双语例句
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。
来自柯林斯例句
2. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
3. This machine is too unwieldy to move.
这台机器太笨重了,很难搬动.
来自《简明英汉词典》
4. 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.
来自辞典例句
5. It is too unwieldy for practical calculations.
它用于实际计算太麻烦了.
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unwieldy 实用场景例句
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
...an unwieldy legal system.
臃肿的法律体系
柯林斯高阶英语词典
We set about towing the unwieldy structure into the shelter.
我们开始把这个笨重的东西拖进隐蔽处.
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Awa can just move unwieldy overweight small noodle boy.
可阿波只是个体重超重动作笨拙的小面馆小伙计.
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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.
辞典例句
This can get to be unwieldy pretty quickly.
这个办法很快就会显出其笨重之处.
期刊摘选
Even a country 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.
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This approach is unwieldy.
这种方法是很难实行的.
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Through it all , an unwieldy caste system governed lord and serf alike.
一个同时主宰统治者与被统治者的庞大迟滞的阶层体系,贯串整个时代.
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Thus enumeration and computation became unwieldy.
因此列举和计算变得很难处理.
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For complex interactions and 3 D 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.
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One of its trickiest tasks would be handling Japan's unwieldy bureaucracy.
一项艰巨的任务是改革日本庞大的政府机构.
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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.
辞典例句
One, such as a person or an object, that is bulky, clumsy, or unwieldy.
大个子, 庞然大物庞大 、 笨拙或不灵便的(人或物体)
期刊摘选
For isolated cells and other groups, conventional military weapons are unwieldy and often ineffective.
对处于孤立的成员和其他组织, 传统的军事武器既笨重又经常失效.
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Being an independent public company may be better than being part of an unwieldy conglomerate.
一个独立的上市公司或许比成为企业集团的下属公司要好.
期刊摘选
Yet in domestic policy she is hamstrung by an unwieldy coalition and Germany's federal structure.
然而,在国内政策方面,她的联盟政策华而不实,各国的联邦体制则使她捉襟见肘、毫无建树.
期刊摘选
He lowed his head in shame, his cumbersome face burning . His fingers felt gross and unwieldy.
他不好意思地低下了头, 臃肿的脸上火辣辣的,他的手指都变得笨重不灵,不听使唤了.
辞典例句
The company is an unwieldy organization.
这个公司的办事机构庞大.
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This machine is too unwieldy to move.
这台机器太笨重了,很难搬动.
《简明英汉词典》
But how does one hold and control two very long and unwieldy sheets of foam?
但如何一持有和控制的两个很长的和笨重的张泡沫?
期刊摘选
It is too unwieldy for practical calculations.
它用于实际计算太麻烦了.
辞典例句
OK, the bed may be too unwieldy or expensive to replace.
好吧, 换张床可能太费事或太贵了.
期刊摘选
The armour worn by knights seems unwieldy to us today.
用我们今人的眼光看,骑士披挂盔甲使人活动不便.
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Large maps which must be unfolded are unwieldy to use in the field.
不能折叠的大型图纸在野外使用是很不方便的.
辞典例句
Otherwise, he says, the union will be too unwieldy.
否则, 他说, 组织会更加的难以控制.
期刊摘选
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。
柯林斯例句
His firm must contend with the unwieldy Russian bureaucracy.
