awkward silence

There was an awkward silence .

一阵令人尴尬的沉默。

Her controversial comment was followed by an awkward silence .

在她有争议的评论之后是一片令人尴尬的沉默。

It was our first date , there was an awkward silence .

那是我们第一次约会，突然冷场了。

For one or two minutes an awkward silence reigned .

令人难堪的沉默延续了一两分钟。

There was an awkward silence , when no one knew what to say .

当谁都不知道说什么时，陷入了尴尬的沉默。

Donkey : Then there 's that big awkward silence , you know .

然后就剩下长久尴尬的沉默。

Most people would rather listen to you talk about anything than listen to an awkward silence .

与忍受冷场相比，大多数人都更乐意听你说话，随便什么话题都成。

For a moment neither of them spoke , and there was an awkward silence .

暂时两边都没有话。一个颇僵的沉默。

After he spoke there was an awkward silence .

他发言之后是一阵难堪的沉默。

Because some technical errors , a joke can 't makes people laugh but rather lead to a awkward silence .

因为一些技术性的失误，一个笑话不但不能引人发笑，反而导致冷场了。

Her remarks produced an awkward silence .

她的讲话引起了一阵尴尬的沉默。

He sat like that for a few minutes , while a rather awkward silence pervaded the room .

他坐了几分钟，相当尴尬的沉默充斥着教室。

They made a few desultory comments , then lapsed into awkward silence .

他们随便说了几句话之后，就尴尬无语了。

Unless , of course , you 're stuck in perpetual awkward silence , which is far , far worse .

当然，除非你们处在长时间尴尬的沉默中才能不像面试，但那样会比糟糕更糟。

Often there were long periods of awkward silence as the person tried to come up with some excuse , but usually they bought .

当顾客努力想找出不办卡的借口时，往往有很长时间都是尴尬的沉默，但是他们最后总是会买的。

It seems as foolhardy not to discuss the option as it is to maintain such an awkward silence over China 's rise .

就像对中国的崛起保持尴尬的沉默一样，不讨论这一选项似乎也是很鲁莽的行为。

After an awkward silence , Jack tried to defend himself , saying that he thought he had been asked to give his views .

在一段尴尬的寂静之后，Jack决定捍卫自己的说法，他说他觉得自己被问及了有什么看法。

For a moment there was only an awkward silence from Taylor , who simply glared at her interviewer .

有那么一会儿泰勒尴尬的沉默了，她只是瞪着她的采访者。

In some countries , including Finland , there are long pauses in the conversation , which can make visitors feel like there 's an awkward silence .

在芬兰以及其它一些国家，谈话中会有长时间的停顿，来访者会觉得这样的沉默很尴尬。

There was always this awkward silence between us . I didn 't know what caused it but I guessed it had something to do with the atmosphere in the hospital .

我不知道这是为什么，我猜想也许是医院的气氛。

Many pregnant women clearly don 't want to surrender style any more but , when the topic is raised , catwalk stalwarts respond with an awkward silence .

很显然，许多孕妇不愿轻易放弃时装，但一旦提及孕妇装的话题，时尚拥趸们却以尴尬的沉默来回应。

The mind rarely wanders to King Louis XV of France when standing in awkward silence in a lift , yet his lustful urges inspired the innovation .

当我们有些尴尬而默不作声地在升降梯里站着时，很少会想到法国国王路易十五，然而，正是他好色的欲望激发并从而产生了这项创新。

Mention ethnic diversity in a City conference room and the ensuing awkward silence conveys a clear message : everyone knows it is an issue but no one wants to do anything about it .

若在金融城某个会议室里谈及种族多样性，随之而来的便是令人尴尬的沉默。这透露了一个明确信号：人人都知道这是一个问题，但没人愿意采取什么措施。

On the other hand , when the dialogue is bouncing back and forth as expected , we feel socially validated.That said , not all cultures experience awkward silence in the same ways as Americans and others .

与之相反，如果交谈顺利，我们就会找到自身的存在感。即便如此，并不是所有文化都和美国文化中的沉默即尴尬一样。

Odds are she won 't want to say " let 's talk about this later " in front of everyone . Instead you 'll get an awkward silence while she contemplates the question followed by a half-assed yes . 2 .

有可能她不会当着大家的面说“我们晚点再说吧”，但是她在思考这个问题的时候，你得经历一段尴尬的沉默，而她的回答也多半会是不情不愿的“好吧”。

The ensuing cultural dissonance generates an awkward silence around the topic of Asian-Americans - Asian - ­ Americans don 't want to portray their parents as backward , and white liberals don 't want to be seen as looking down on people of other races and cultures whose parenting practices seem primitive .

这种文化上的不协调使亚裔美国人成了一个让人缄口的话题：亚裔美国人不想把他们的父母描述成落后于时代，而白种自由派人士又不想显得看不起别的种族和文化——尽管他们认为后者的教育方式过于原始。

The rhythmic " ca-chunk , ca-chunk " of the train filled an awkward moment of silence .

在这略显尴尬的沉默时刻，只有火车发出有节奏的“咔嗒、咔嗒”声。

However , most English teachers in China are confronted with the awkward phenomenon of " silence " .

然而，大多数英语教师在英语课堂上却遇到了令人尴尬的沉默现象。