unseemly

美 [ʌnˈsiːmli]英 [ʌnˈsiːmli]
  • adj.不体面的;不得体的;不礼貌的;不相宜的
  • adv.不适宜地,不合时宜地;不得体地,不合乎礼仪地;不合适地
unseemlyunseemly

adj.

old-fashioned or formal不礼貌的;不得体的;不相宜的
not polite or suitable for a particular situation

improper
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    ADJ-GRADED 不合适的;不得体的
    If you say that some-one's behaviour is unseemly, you disapprove of it because it is not polite or not suitable for a particular situation or occasion.

    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。

adj

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not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
was buried with indecent haste
indecorous behavior
language unbecoming to a lady
unseemly to use profanity
moved to curb their untoward ribaldry
Synonym: indecent indecorous unbecoming uncomely untoward

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  1. It was unseemly to yield to such pressure .

    要是屈服于这种压力,那是不体面的。

  2. There 's nothing unseemly about cracking a few jokes when everybody here is taking themselves too seriously .

    在这种每个人都把自己太当回事的场合开几个玩笑没什么不体面的。

  3. 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。

  4. How unseemly are these weak and slender feet !

    这几只无力而细长的脚是多么不相称!

  5. Such conduct is most unseemly .

    这么做太不成样儿了。

  6. Opinions on " Unseemly Effect " & Principle of Justice in Contract Law

    不当影响刍议&合同法公平原则的利益解读

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. 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。

  12. 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。

  13. We will never countenance such unseemly behavior .

    我们决不会支持这种不正当行为。

  14. Third , post-confucian thesis unseemly uses Weber 's theory to explain the development of east-Asian economy .

    通过对勤检论的考察,我们可以看出儒家资本主义学说没能充分考量伦理文化因素与制度因素在经济发展中的互动,因而无法提供东亚经济增长的有效解释模式。

  15. 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。

  16. The bulk of such unseemly pay-offs usually comes from deferred payments from previous years .

    如此有欠妥当的薪酬安排,在很大程度上通常源于前些年的延期薪酬。

  17. 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。

  18. Everyone was shocked by his unseemly conduct .

    大家都被他不得体的举动震惊了。

  19. Or would that be unseemly ?

    是不是不恰当呢?

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. Your levity is unseemly at this time .

    在这种场合,你的轻率举动是不得体的。

  23. 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。

  24. Prince Alwaleed 's protest might be unseemly but at least it 's is psychologically straightforward .

    阿尔瓦利德王子的抗议或许不够体面,但至少他的心理非常容易理解。

  25. Even in affairs of the heart , it is considered unseemly to show one 's feelings except behind closed doors , and even then with moderation .

    即使在爱情方面,也只能关起门来表露感情,否则就有伤大雅了。即使关着门,也还要有分寸。

  26. 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。

  27. Sometimes it is dismissed as the unseemly activity of overly ambitious professionals ascending the ladder of careerism .

    热衷社交有时候会被看作是过于渴望向上爬的一种表现,不少职业女性因此对它敬而远之。

  28. Investors have sought from safe infrastructure investment projects , in the guise of financial partnerships , rates of return that would look unseemly even in entrepreneurial risk-taking .

    通过那些打着金融合作幌子的安全基础设施投资项目,投资者所寻求的回报率即便以企业的风险承受水平来衡量都甚为寒酸。

  29. The whole business of obscenity -- I don 't think there 's anything certainly more unseemly than the sight of a rock star in academic robes .

    整件事情都很怪异——我想没有什么比摇滚明星穿着博士长袍更不合适的了。

  30. 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。