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 young clergyman, after a few hours of privacy, was sensible that the disorder of his nerves had hurried him into an unseemly outbreak of temper, which there had been nothing in the physician's words to excuse or palliate.
  年轻的牧师经过数小时独处之后，意识到自己神经的失调促使他出现了不自觉的大发脾气，其实，从医生的言谈话语之中丝毫找不出为自己辩解或掩饰的借口。
• 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。
• 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。
• Yet on second thoughts, I see that this man is suffering from the new cheerfulness syndrome that is affecting people who are still in work and, far from being unseemly, it's a jolly good thing.
  但转念一想，我意识到这个人得了一种新的快乐综合症，这种病症正在感染现在仍有工作的人，而这非但没有不合时宜，还是件极好的事情。
• Such conduct is most unseemly.
  这么做太不成样儿了。
• The vestibule was filled with the unseemly sounds of scuffling and drunken, husky gasping.
  过厅充满了一片乱糟糟的喧嚣和醉汉嘶哑的喘息声。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。