ham-fisted

参见：hamfisted

英语

词源

原始印欧语词 *kónh₂m

原始印欧语词 *pénkʷe

源自ham (“火腿”) +‎ fisted (形容词)，可能是比喻人的手部不是手，而像火腿一样笨拙。

发音

• (标准英音，通用美式) 国际音标^(帮助): /ˈhæmˌfɪstɪd/

• 音频 (通用美式)：

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• 断字：ham-fist‧ed

形容词

ham-fisted (比较级 more ham-fisted，最高级 most ham-fisted) (非正式)

1. 笨拙的，不熟练的，笨手笨脚的

   近义词：cack-handed、ham-handed、heavy-handed、mutton-fisted、undexterous

   反义词：dexterous、skilful

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2. (引申) 无能的，没用的

   近义词：bungling；亦参见Thesaurus:unskilled

   反义词：参见Thesaurus:skilled

   • 2008年12月5日, “Everyone benefits from prorogue”, 出自 Michael Den Tandt 编, The Sun Times, 第 156 卷, 第 285 期, Owen Sound, Ont.: Osprey Media Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC，第 A4 页，第 1 列:

     [Stephen] Harper has a few weeks' grace, during which he and his ham-fisted finance minister, Jim Flaherty, can ponder the error of their ways.

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   • 2019年11月13日, Dorian Lynskey, “Bowie’s Books and Why Bowie Matters review – a manic turnover of new ideas”, 出自 Katharine Viner 编, 衛報‎^[1], 倫敦: 衛報媒體集團, →ISSN, →OCLC，2023-07-16归档自原页面:

     In 1973, Sonia Orwell broke David Bowie's heart by refusing him permission to adapt her late husband [George Orwell]'s final novel into a rock musical. She had rebuffed every request since the hamfisted 1956 movie version starring Edmond O'Brien, and was never likely to make an exception for a glam-rock dandy, but he was sorely aggrieved.

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   • 2023年9月6日, Nigel Harris, “Comment: Leaderless and Rudderless”, 出自 Rail, 第 991 期, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC，第 3 页:

     What an utter farce. Just like DfT [the Department for Transport]'s ham-fisted, blundering ticket office closure programme.

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其他形式

• hamfisted

衍生词汇

• ham-fistedly、hamfistedly
• ham-fistedness、hamfistedness

相关词汇

• ham radio (possibly related etymologically)

延伸阅读

• “ham-fisted” in the Collins English Dictionary
• “ham-fisted, adj.”，Dictionary.com Unabridged，Dictionary.com, LLC，1995–present, reproduced from Collins English Dictionary, 10th edition, London: Collins, 2010, ISBN 978-0-00-738233-0
• “ham-fisted” in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary.

异序词

• made shift