He was a tall, ungainly boy of 18.
他是个个子高而笨拙的 18 岁小伙子。
1.笨拙的[地]
2.难看的[地];粗俗的[地]
3.拙劣的[地]
1.not moving in an attractive or graceful way
1.Mae Mobley is plump and ungainly; she looks charming in a diaper but not in the sort of frilly dresses her mother favors.
协会莫布里是丰满而笨拙，她看上去迷人的尿布，但在她的母亲有利于褶边连衣裙排序。
2.Like other SRL inventions, this ungainly beast was sort-of-steered by a radio-control unit designed for model cars.
如同生存研究实验室的其他发明一样，这头笨拙的怪兽由一台模型汽车的遥控器来操纵。
3.It was an ungainly -looking vehicle, mounted on bicycle wheels driven by a rubber belt that connected the engine to the rear wheels.
这辆车样子笨拙，架在自行车轮子上并靠一根胶皮带将发动机与后车轮。
4.'More of the problems have to do with the fact that China is a large, ungainly, rapidly moving animal that's hard to measure. '
他说，问题更多的是与这样一个事实有关：中国是一只庞大、笨拙、行动迅速、难以衡量的动物。
5.Your partner may be a floundering dancer, but my partner is so ungainly. She makes an elephant look like a ballerina.
你的舞伴可能还只是步点不稳，可是我的舞伴简直就奔得不像样。跟她比大象简直就是芭蕾舞演员。
6.The thick, ungainly boots can cut off a woman's legs in a most unflattering way - resembling two stuffed animals gnawing at the feet.
这种厚厚的、样子丑陋的靴子以最不讨好的方式将女性的腿掩藏起来，就像两只吃饱了的动物在啃人的脚。
7.His assets were learning, memory and a mastery of language; his ungainly figure and his stiffness of gesture were disadvantages.
博闻强记，长于辞令，是他的优点；而体形不雅，姿势呆板，则是他的短处。
8.Through the crowd of ungainly, shabbily dressed actors, Sibyl Vane moved like a creature from a finer world.
茜比尔·范在一群其貌不扬，衣着寒酸的演员之间跳着，象一个从哪个美好的世界来的生灵。
9.Your judgment and sensitivity sharpen as you are forced to face, word by deadly word, the ill-written ungainly passages.
你的判断力和敏感性，由于你被迫面对那一个个枯燥乏味的字眼和粗劣笨拙的段落而变得敏锐起来。
10.Moving house does make one feel ungainly and I simply don't want to be observed in this exposed state.
搬家会让人感到手忙脚乱，我就是不希望别人看到我这种状态。