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

• Jean: A great painter draws his daughter with nothing on her. Isn't it unseemly?
  一个伟大的画家画自己女儿的裸体？有点不合时宜吧。
• Six of the 18 judges will also be replaced, in a ballot preceded by an unseemly round of bargaining and canvassing.
  在一轮容易遭到非议的交易与游说之后，也将通过投票替换18名法官中的6名。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• His social position allows him of no unseemly behaviour in public.
  他的社会地位不容许他在公共场合有行为不妥之处。
• Many shun lavish restaurants, because to eat in such places would be unseemly while other people are suffering in evacuation centres.
  许多人避免去豪华餐厅，因为当别人在疏散中心受苦时，在这样的地方享用美食不合时宜。
• I find either method of putting the private parts of strangers on public display unseemly.
  无论哪种，我觉得这样大庭广众之下展览陌生人私处实在异常尴尬不雅。
• 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。