bumbling

英 [ˈbʌmblɪŋ]

美 [ˈbʌmblɪŋ]

adj.  笨手笨脚的(常马虎出错)
v.  笨手笨脚; 跌跌撞撞
bumble的现在分词

现在分词：bumbling　

BNC.39422 / COCA.26686

牛津词典

adj.

• 笨手笨脚的（常马虎出错）
  behaving in an awkward confused way, often making careless mistakes

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 笨手笨脚的；常出错的
  If you describe a person or their behaviour asbumbling, you mean that they behave in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and usually not achieving anything.
  1. ...a clumsy, bumbling, inarticulate figure.
     一个笨手笨脚、经常出错、吐字不清的人物

双语例句

• Surely, it takes much more restraint and far more faith in one's readers to place the full heft of a book in the bumbling hands of an unreliable first person.
  不过要把叙述整部作品的重任都放到不可靠的第一人称叙事者那摇晃的肩膀上去，也的确需要作家的自我克制，和对读者的信任。
• Neville Longbottom: Neville means "new town." Longbottom is a comical name, perhaps suggesting this bumbling student is chubby or has a "long bottom" that trips him up.
  纳威的意思是“新的城镇”。隆巴顿这个姓氏可能在暗示，他是个胖胖的笨拙的小孩。
• He was a bumbling but well-meaning old gentleman.
  他是个经常出差错但善意的老绅士。
• Find him another teacher; I am fed up with his bumbling stupidity.
  另给他找位老师吧，对他的愚笨我已经厌透了。
• Like bumbling burglars who leave fingerprints at a crime scene, cooking oils leave their own clues.
  就像笨贼在罪案现场留下的指纹，鉴别食用油也可利用其留下的独特线索。
• As they scramble to get away from the bumbling wizard, Clumsy goes the wrong way.
  就在蓝精灵们争相逃脱这位笨手笨脚的巫师的追赶时，笨笨跟大家走散了。
• A recent academic study showed that ambitious, Type A personalities are more successful but bumbling Type Bs are at least as happy and live longer.
  近期的一项学术研究显示，充满抱负的A型人格者通常更为成功，而做事迟钝的B型人格者则活得更加开心，寿命也更长久。
• He has often been portrayed as Holmes 'rather bumbling assistant.
  作为福尔摩斯的助手，他通常被刻画成一个笨手笨脚的人。
• This suggests that an apology is not cheap talk at all: it represents a choice to appear loveable but bumbling.
  这表明，道歉根本不是廉价的磋商：这代表着一种看似可爱但很愚笨的选择。
• His bumbling caused many a headache to city officials in Otoh Gunga, especially Captain Tarpals.
  他的笨手笨脚让奥托冈加的许多官员都感到头疼，特别是塔帕尔斯队长。