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
- 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。 - Instead it often seems lost in unseemly rearguard actions to preserve a fading status.
相反，欧洲似乎常常沉迷于用不得体的后卫行动，来维护其日益下滑的地位。 - 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。 - Beethoven's unseemly, sometimes even rude, appearance and manner impaired his contemporaries'and acceptance of his music and himself.
贝多芬的不体面的、有时甚至是粗暴的外表和行为极大地削弱了他的同代人对他本人以及他的作品赞同。 - How unseemly are these weak and slender feet!
这几只无力而细长的脚是多么不相称！ - 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。 - 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。 - This has threatened domestic manufacturers and caused an unseemly protectionist trade spat with Mexico, so setting back regional integration.
这危及国内制造商并引发了与墨西哥不甚体面的贸易保护主义争端，从而阻碍了地区一体化。 - Hung-chien asked Hsin-mei if he had noticed Li's unseemly behavior toward Miss Sun.
鸿渐问辛楣注意到李梅亭对孙小姐的丑态没有。 - 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。