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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Such conduct is most unseemly.
  这么做太不成样儿了。
• Gerald maatman Jr., partner at the business law practice seyfarth Shaw, says that an ex-employee may charge his former employer with defamation or retaliation for exposing unseemly habits about him.
  杰拉德•马特曼是商业法律师行SeyfarthShaw的合伙人，他指出前雇员可以因为见不得人的隐私被曝光，控告公司诽谤或报复。
• 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。
• Everyone was shocked by his unseemly conduct.
  大家都被他不得体的举动震惊了。