stilted

We made polite, stilted conversation.

我们客套了一番。

The contrast with Mr Obama's stilted interactions with Mr Hu could not be sharper.

这和奥巴马与胡锦涛之间的呆板交流形成鲜明对比.

Laotian family rests in the shade of their stilted, thatched 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.

Regrettably, the illuminating ideas in The Economist are often obscured by stilted prose.

很可惜, 书中许多精辟见解,却因过分做作的笔法,而隐晦难明.

We made polite, stilted conversation...

我们客套了一番。

When people try to correct their speech they develop a stilted pronunciation.

当人们试图纠正他们的语音时,他们往往会练就一套呆板的发音.

Perhaps for this reason, his language was somewhat stilted.

也许,正是由于这个缘故, 他说的语言有一点矫揉造作.

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.

A choppy or stilted gaIt'should be penalized.

起伏不定的、呆板不自然的步态属于缺陷.

It is this structure which produces the characteristic short, stilted gait unique to the breed.

正是这种结构形成了松狮独特的短而呆板的步法.

We made stilted conversation for a few moments.

我们不自然地客套了几句。

Formal , stilted, sometimes even farcical are his village elections.

农村的选举办法形形色色, 有时简直很滑稽.

He fashioned no stilted epigram.

他不追求夸张的警句.

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.

All too soon the stilted conversation ran out.

很快这种做作的交谈就结束了.

The dialogue is stilted, terse and bare , like the syncopated sparks of sharpening knives.

对白夸张精炼 、 直截了当, 犹如一把擦出火花的锋利尖刀.

His delivery was stilted and occasionally stumbling.

他的发言很生硬，有时还打结巴。