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Unseemly ʌn'si:Mli A.不适当的,不宜的 英 Adj.不适当,不宜(No T Established Standards

单词 unseemly
音标 ['ʌn'si:mli]
解释 a.不适当的,不宜的
红宝书 【英】 adj.不适当,不宜(no t according with established standards of good form or taste)
【考】 反义词:decorous(有 礼貌的)
【记】 un(不)+seemly(得当 的)
【例】 at the most unseemly hours.
字源 unseemly (adj.)
early 14c., "unfitting, indecent," from un- (1) "not" + seemly (adj.). Similar formation in Old Norse usoemiligr. Related: Unseemliness.
不择手段背单词 adj. 不适当的(与普遍接受的良好品味之标准不符的)
【记】un不, seemly(adj 适宜的; 得当的)
【反】decorous(adj 有礼貌的)
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