stilted

英 [ˈstɪltɪd]

美 [ˈstɪltɪd]

adj.  生硬的; 不自然的

过去式：stilted　过去分词：stilted　

GRE

BNC.22090 / COCA.28085

牛津词典

adj.

• 生硬的；不自然的
  not natural or relaxed; too formal
  1. We made stilted conversation for a few moments.
     我们不自然地客套了几句。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED (言谈)呆板的，生硬的，不自然的
  If someone speaks in astiltedway, they speak in a formal or unnatural way, for example because they are not relaxed.
  1. We made polite, stilted conversation...
     我们客套了一番。
  2. His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.
     他的发言很生硬，有时还打结巴。

英英释义

adj

• artificially formal
  1. that artificial humility that her husband hated
  2. contrived coyness
  3. a stilted letter of acknowledgment
  4. when people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation
  Synonym:artificialcontrivedhokey

双语例句

• Also, a memorized speech often sounds stilted and formal.
  而且，背诵的讲话听起来往往生硬拘谨。
• Critics complain, however, that the dialogue is stilted and awkward as the actors mouth modern phrases that don't fit the movie's ancient time frame.
  批评者抱怨，电影里的对话都很虚假和笨础。从演员里说出来现代版的话，与当时的时代背景很不相符。
• And written dialogue is quite different from spoken conversation: replies may be delayed, phrases may be more stilted, tone of voice is absent.
  而且打字聊天与谈话完全不同，回复可能会延迟，言词呆板，没有语音语调。
• We made stilted conversation for a few moments.
  我们不自然地客套了几句。
• "That would be nice," he said, as stilted as she.
  那太好了，他说，神态象她一样不自然。
• After some stilted efforts at conversation, he gave up and left.
  在作了一番勉为其难的谈话尝试之后，他不再交谈下去，离开了。
• Panel interviews are typically more formal, stilted and less revealing.
  小组面试通常更加正式和生硬，透露出的信息也更少。
• The dialogue sounded stilted and unnatural, perhaps because of the translation from the original russian.
  这对话听上去很生硬、不自然，可能是因为这是从俄文原著翻译过来的。
• Laotian family rests in the shade of their stilted, thatched roof hut in the fertile lowlands of the Mekong River valley.
  富庶的湄公河谷地，一个老挝家庭正在他们用高杆撑起的茅草屋的阴影下休息。
• Your choice of options for those that designed this achievement are somewhat stilted.
  你所选择要完成的这个成就，是儿童周系列成就的支柱。