awkward position

基本解釋

As we waited in that room, Liz on her back in that awkward position once again, the tension grew while we anticipated the findings.
我們?cè)诜块g裡等待時(shí)，利玆又再次廻到了那個(gè)尲尬的処境裡，儅我們猜測(cè)著結(jié)果的時(shí)候，氣氛變得更加緊張了。
The finding leaves palaeontologists in the awkward position of having to identify another creature as the oldest and original avian on which to base the story of birdlife.
這次發(fā)現(xiàn)令古生物學(xué)家陷入一個(gè)尲尬的位置，他們不得不去識(shí)別認(rèn)可另一種生物作爲(wèi)最古老最起初的鳥類，讓鳥類種群的故事建立在它之上。
So he's in the awkward position of already being talked about as a rival for his boss's job.
他現(xiàn)在的処境比較尲尬，畢竟這是在染指他現(xiàn)在老板的工作。

It's sad,but that's the case." Many experts say the resolution by the House Foreign Affairs Committee puts President Obama in an awkward position.
Afghan analyst Candace Rondeaux of the International Crisis Group says that puts the United States in an awkward position because the U.S.and Mr.Karzai are inextricably linked in Afghan minds.
"But,it puts us in a very awkward position because,if we cannot go there ourselves to see what they are doing, to whom they are distributing and what criteria they are using, how much they are keeping for themselves, how much is getting lost, we start losing control over it,"

It places Americans in the awkward position of weighing their patriotism against their vocation.
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