单词 | unseemly |
释义 | unseemlyun·seem·ly /ʌnˈsiːmli/ adjectiveadj formal RUDE/IMPOLITEunseemly behaviour is not polite or not suitable for a particular occasion 〔行为〕不体面的,不合礼节的,不得体的 Ann thought it unseemly to kiss her husband in public. 安认为当众亲她丈夫不太得体。 Examples from the Corpus unseemly• But a deal with the unionists would be an unseemly affair.• He painted, finally, not the beautiful and rich, but the unseemly and chaotic popular classes.• It was considered unseemly for women to smoke.• Like a sudden, unseemly outbreak of boils on the landscape, the little concrete igloos started popping up in the 1970s.• It felt unseemly, somehow, to speak out on my own behalf.• If closeness is unseemly when money and politics intertwine, it is not always determinative.• Midgely avoids looking at his father's unseemly white chest. |
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