unenviable

so undesirable as to be incapable of arousing envy

如此不受欢迎以致于不能引起嫉妒

unenviable notoriety

声名狼藉

hard to deal with

很难处理

especially causing pain or embarrassment

特别是引起疼痛或尴尬

awkward (or embarrassing or difficult) moments in the discussion

讨论中的尴尬（或尴尬或困难）时刻

an awkward pause followed his remark

他的话之后是一个尴尬的停顿

a sticky question

棘手的问题

in the unenviable position of resorting to an act he had planned to save for the climax of the campaign

他计划采取一种行动，为竞选的作准备，这是不可取的

awkward

embarrassing

sticky