unseemly
英 [ʌnˈsiːmli]
美 [ʌnˈsiːmli]
adj. 不礼貌的; 不得体的; 不相宜的
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.- 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。 - ...unseemly drinking, brawling and gambling.
遭非议的酗酒、争吵和赌博
- It would be unseemly for judges to receive pay increases when others are having to tighten their belts.
英英释义
adj
- not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
- was buried with indecent haste
- indecorous behavior
- language unbecoming to a lady
- unseemly to use profanity
- moved to curb their untoward ribaldry
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。