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

• As you can guess, this quickly consumes an unwieldy amount of memory.
  可以想像到，这会快速地消耗大量内存。
• Often as tall as the archer, these bows have long range and power, but are unwieldy.
  通常跟弓箭手一样高，这些弓具有长射程，巨大的威力但是已经不实用了。
• But that's a little unwieldy.
  但是这样有点笨拙。
• TV and computer screens used to be heavy, unwieldy and expensive.
  电视和电脑的屏幕过去通常很重、很笨拙也很贵。
• 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。
• Country's unwieldy banking system.
  这个国家庞大而运作不便的银行系统。
• 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。
• It is too unwieldy for practical calculations.
  它用于实际计算太麻烦了。
• 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。