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

• 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。
• Should not move in a stilted gait or in any gait that is not completely efficient and tireless. Therefore, the energy of the operation of the ultra-filtration with stilted spacers can be saved greatly.
  不能是踩高跷似的步伐或者其他完全没有效率和容易疲劳的步伐。因此，采用高跷格栅可以大大降低超滤操作的能耗。
• We made stilted conversation for a few moments.
  我们不自然地客套了几句。
• 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。
• My Best – A little stilted.
  MyBest–有点生硬。
• 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。
• Nim and ardythe had exchanged a few stilted words, but that was all.
  尼姆和阿黛丝拘谨地交谈了几句，没有别的。
• No matter what he talked about, he spoke in the cliches and hoary, stilted phrases of an old party manual.
  他无论讲什么，总是那些陈词滥调，唱着从陈旧的党内手册中搬来的老掉牙的高调。
• Lunch: A mid day meal can be seen as a one hour, more stilted, business like encounter rather than a date.
  吃午餐：一天正午的这餐饭可能会被看成程式化的，时间固定的商务会面而不是约会。