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unseemly

英 [ʌnˈsiːmli]

美 [ʌnˈsiːmli]

adj.  不礼貌的; 不得体的; 不相宜的

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BNC.21613 / COCA.20173

牛津词典

    adj.

    • 不礼貌的;不得体的;不相宜的
      not polite or suitable for a particular situation

      柯林斯词典

      • ADJ-GRADED 不合适的;不得体的
        If you say that some-one's behaviour isunseemly, you disapprove of it because it is not polite or not suitable for a particular situation or occasion.
        1. It would be unseemly for judges to receive pay increases when others are having to tighten their belts.
          在其他人正不得不勒紧裤腰带的时候,给法官提高薪水是不合适的。
        2. ...unseemly drinking, brawling and gambling.
          遭非议的酗酒、争吵和赌博

      英英释义

      adj

      • not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
        1. was buried with indecent haste
        2. indecorous behavior
        3. language unbecoming to a lady
        4. unseemly to use profanity
        5. moved to curb their untoward ribaldry
        Synonym:indecentindecorousunbecominguncomelyuntoward

      双语例句

      • We will never countenance such unseemly behavior.
        我们决不会支持这种不正当行为。
      • The bulk of such unseemly pay-offs usually comes from deferred payments from previous years.
        如此有欠妥当的薪酬安排,在很大程度上通常源于前些年的延期薪酬。
      • Such conduct is most unseemly.
        这么做太不成样儿了。
      • And yet, whenever I have a new book about to come out, I have to shake the unpleasant sensation that there is something unseemly about my own clamor for attention.
        然而每当我有新书要出版时,就得抖去心中的别扭与不安,因为总觉得这么喧嚷着寻求关注不太得体。
      • There is something strange and unseemly about this lack of reflection on the end of the Iraq war.
        然而,在伊拉克战争结束之时缺乏反思,却是一件奇怪的事情,也不太应该。
      • As an eight-year-old, I found such behavior unseemly.
        作为一个八岁大的孩子,我感到这种行为不光彩。
      • Why I should suffer this situation that a decent guy did so unseemly.
        为什么我要遭受这样的境遇,看着一个帅哥做那么恶心的事。
      • Yet despite this unseemly outpouring, the biggest problem of all-mental health-remains tight shut.
        不过,尽管有上述种种不得体的言谈,但对于最重要的问题心理健康人们仍守口如瓶。
      • You find various kinds of disreputable and maybe unseemly things going on there.
        你可以发现多种肮脏,不得体的事物都在港口发生。
      • It feels unseemly to complain about not getting a raise when your neighbor is unemployed.
        如果你的邻居已经失去工作,你就会觉得不必为自己没加上工资而抱怨。