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

• 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。
• His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.
  他的发言很生硬，有时还打结巴。
• To talk in a stilted way.
  很不自然地谈话。
• He writes in a formal and rather stilted style.
  他用正式的、相当生硬的文体写作。
• 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。
• "Formal writing" does not imply the use of pretentious language, which can be characterized as stilted or pompous or stiff.
  并不意味著使用矫揉造作的用词，因为这样会让文章显得生硬、浮夸且僵化。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• After some stilted end-of-interview chit-chat, park puts her thatcheresque handbag over her arm and leaves.
  在一些客套的采访结束语后，朴槿惠挎上她的撒切尔式手包离开了。