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

• First we discussed our unseemly mid-life urges: his to do triathlons, mine to buy bright green shoes with six-inch heels.
  首先我们讨论了自己不合时宜的中年欲望：他想做三项全能运动，我想买一双六英寸鞋跟的亮绿色鞋子。
• How unseemly are these weak and slender feet!
  这几只无力而细长的脚是多么不相称！
• It was unseemly to yield to such pressure.
  要是屈服于这种压力，那是不体面的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。