瑞麟「英法」：maladroit
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maladroit [ml'drt]
adjective
1 showing or characterized by clumsiness; not dexterous
2 tactless and insensitive in behaviour or speech
[ETYMOLOGY: 17th Century: from French, from mal badly + adroit]
"mala'droitly adverb(ial)
"mala'droitness noun
Source: The Collins English Dictionary 2000 HarperCollins Publishers
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maladroit(e) [maladwa, -wat]
adjectif
clumsy
Source: The Collins French Dictionary Plus 2002 HarperCollins Publishers
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maladroit (mal droit), adj.
lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
[166575; < F, MF; see MAL-, ADROIT]
Source: Random House Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary
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maladroit
Adj.
1. maladroit - not adroit; "a maladroit movement of his hand caused the car to swerve"; "a maladroit translation"; "maladroit propaganda"
Source: WordNet Dictionary
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maladroit mal-uh-DROYT, adjective:
Lacking adroitness; clumsy; awkward; unskillful; inept.
Do you know someone who . . . loves quiet conversations about feelings or ideas, and can give a dynamite presentation to a big audience, but seems awkward in groups and maladroit at small talk?
--Jonathan Rauch, "Caring for Your Introvert," The Atlantic, March 2003
Dodging these equally maladroit skiers in a small area is pretty tough going -- especially when our few seconds of downhill glory are followed by minutes spent in an ungainly queue as learners, by and large, fail to connect with the drag lift.
--Gwyn Topham, "Skiing is for show-offs," The Guardian, January 28, 2003
And she has been battling the perception that she is a maladroit campaigner prone to missteps amid New York's complex ethnic politics.
--Martha T. Moore, "Clinton leans on old ideas, unveils new," USA Today, February 7, 2000
There was a time when the Left stood up for the underdog-for the worker against the boss, the maladroit against the polished, the lone individual against the state.
--John Derbyshire, "Elian Nation - He makes our battlefield plain as day," National Review, May 22, 2000
Source: Word of the Day for Friday April 25, 2003, Dictionary.com
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今天介maladroit。它是合字，mal+adroit，而字mal-所代表的是於面字，例如：不良、不、、、不、非等。而adroit本身又是另一合字，à+droit，部分留在明天介。字在英法文中的法和字都相同，不在法文，形容有性和性之分，它的性法在字尾加-e。英法到今天，第一次查到路源介相同的字，引用供大家考。然日後若有幸搜到同的源，也引用到大版面。憾未能找到音源。
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