笨嘴笨舌地

He was famous for his clumsiness of speech, but now he is quite eloquent.

他在学校的时候有名地笨嘴拙舌，现在却变得伶牙俐齿。

He broke off lamely. He was confused, painfully conscious of his inarticulateness.

他讪讪地住了嘴，但方寸已乱，因为自己笨嘴拙舌很感到难为情。

Her name was Rachel, and I mooned my way through the grade and high school, stricken at the mere sight of her, tongue-tied in her presence.

她芳名瑞切尔，我的整个中学阶段一直象月亮绕着地球般地不离其左右。看上她一眼便会为之倾倒，与她面对面时是却又笨嘴拙舌。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。