unseemly
[,ʌn'si:mli]
adj. 不适宜的;不得体的
adv. 不得体地;不适宜地
同义词
参考例子
1.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。
2.Still, as a sign that things are improving, this is more reassuring than an unseemly boom in investment banking.
不过,要把这个看成好转迹象,可不是比投行业不合时宜的繁荣更让人放心吗?
3.What looks like an unseemly dash to claim great chunks of the Arctic—the sea, the ice, and whatever lies underneath—is precisely that.
看起来并不体面地突然对大块的北极地区——海洋、冰川以及海洋下的任何东西——提出主权要求才是关键。
英文解释
adj.
1.not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
网络释义
unseemly
不体面的; 不适当,不宜; 不体面地; 不体面的, 不适宜的, 不恰当的 不体面地;
unseemly manner
不当的举止;
inglorious scandalous shabby unseemly
不体面的;
no unseemly behavior in public
在公共场合没有不得体的行为;
impertinent irrelevant unapt uncomely unseemly
不恰当的;