gauche

[美國]/ɡəʊʃ/
[英國]/ɡoʊʃ/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adj. 笨拙的; 粗魯的; 不善交際的; 偏轉的

例句

a rather gauche, insecure young man.

相當笨拙而不自信的年輕人。

too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate.

如果謠言是真的,還有比現在來重複它更不適當的嗎?

Her gauche manners made everyone uncomfortable.

她的笨拙舉止讓每個人感到不舒服。

He felt a bit gauche at the fancy dinner party.

在高級晚宴上,他感到有些笨拙。

She tried to hide her gauche behavior in social situations.

她試圖在社交場合中隱藏自己的笨拙行爲。

His gauche attempt at flirting was awkward.

他笨拙的調情嘗試很尷尬。

The new employee's gauche comments offended some coworkers.

新員工的笨拙評論冒犯了一些同事。

Despite his gauche appearance, he was actually quite charming.

儘管他外表笨拙,但實際上他很迷人。

She felt gauche and out of place among the sophisticated crowd.

她覺得在那個複雜的人羣中顯得笨拙而格格不入。

His gauche handling of the delicate situation only made things worse.

他笨拙地處理這個微妙的情況只會讓事情變得更糟。

The actress's gauche performance drew criticism from the audience.

女演員笨拙的表演招致了觀衆的批評。

He always felt a little gauche when speaking in front of large crowds.

在大庭廣衆之前講話時,他總是感到有些笨拙。

原聲例句

We can not afford to be gauche.

我們不能舉止粗魯。

來源: Hu Min reads stories to remember TOEFL vocabulary.

And words for left give us sinister, gauche, maladroit.

而含有 left 這個含義的詞有不詳的,笨拙的,不靈巧的。

來源: PBS Fun Science Popularization

We are gauche in our efforts to seduce and pitiful in our requests for attention.

我們小心翼翼吸引異性,得到的關注卻少得可憐。

來源: The school of life

What are you doing? Do you realize how gauche it is to open gifts at a party, before dessert?

你們幹嘛呢 還沒有上甜點就把禮物打開了知不知道這樣做很沒禮貌?

來源: Gossip Girl Season 4

Oh dear, I said the aesthetic for today's party was a mod re-imagining of a traditional American Christmas, not some gauche 1980s nightmare.

哦,天哪,我說過今天派對的美學是對傳統美國聖誕節的現代重新想象,而不是 1980 年代的噩夢。

來源: MBTI Personality Types Guide

It doesn't matter how highly qualified or brilliant you may be, if you come across as tongue-tied or gauche, your chances of getting a job are pretty small.

不管你的資歷有多高或有多聰明,如果你給人的印象是結巴或笨拙, 你找到工作的機會就很小。

來源: Listen to this 2 Intermediate English Listening

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