音标:[.ʌn'si:mli] ;
a. 不合适的, 不适宜的, 不得体的
s not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society

考试类型:[托福/GRE]
词性分布:
副词59%
形容词41%

unseemly的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Everyone was shocked by his unseemly conduct.大家都被他不得体的举动震惊了。
  2. 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。

经典引文

  • The middle-aged man drunk is an unseemly spectacle.

    出自:D. Cecil
  • Her mother died. Her father remarried with unseemly haste.

    出自:E. Pawel
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【反义词】

今天我们要学的词儿是stamp out。 Stamp out是消除,消灭的意思,一般用于不好的,或是危险的事物。To stamp out crime是消灭犯罪,to stamp out racism是消除种族歧视。 The companies vowed to stamp out piracy,

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