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

• May Almighty Allah endear faith and good conduct to our hearts, and may He make us abhor and shun all unseemly and abominable actions and behavior.
  祈求全能的安拉喜悦我们的信仰，很好的引领我们的内心，祈求安拉使我们憎恶并避免一切可憎的、不得体的行为举止。阿敏！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• We will never countenance such unseemly behavior.
  我们决不会支持这种不正当行为。
• Such conduct is most unseemly.
  这么做太不成样儿了。