unseemly

英 [ʌnˈsiːmli]

美 [ʌnˈsiːmli]

adj. 不礼貌的; 不得体的; 不相宜的

TOEFL GRE TEM8

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

How unseemly are these weak and slender feet!
这几只无力而细长的脚是多么不相称！
We will never countenance such unseemly behavior.
我们决不会支持这种不正当行为。
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。
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。
It feels unseemly to complain about not getting a raise when your neighbor is unemployed.
如果你的邻居已经失去工作，你就会觉得不必为自己没加上工资而抱怨。
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。
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。
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。
It was unseemly to yield to such pressure.
要是屈服于这种压力，那是不体面的。
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。