indelicate
英 [ɪn'delɪkət]
美[ɪn'dɛlɪkət]
- adj. 无教养的；不文雅的；下流的，粗俗的
英英释义
- 1. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent;
- "an indelicate remark"
- "an off-color joke"
- 2. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
- "indecorous behavior"
- 3. verging on the indecent;
- "an indelicate proposition"
实用场景例句
- an indelicate question
- 无礼的提问
牛津词典
- She really could not touch upon such an indelicate subject.
- 她实在不想触碰如此令人窘迫的话题。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- It is indelicate of you to mention her marriage problem.
- 你提到她的婚姻难题,这很失礼.
期刊摘选
- I posed to them an indelicate question: Are movie stars obsolete?
- 我特意向他们提出了这样一个问题: 电影明星是不是过时了?
期刊摘选
- Gillard's message, if it is not too indelicate to say so, mostly fell on deaf ears.
- 吉拉德的消息, 如果它不是太粗俗这样说, 主要是置若罔闻.
期刊摘选
- If udo! she says u are indelicate.
- 如果跟她做,她说你是粗鄙的!
期刊摘选
- To the unconsciously indelicate person, all things are delicate.
- 在有伤大雅而自己并不觉得的人看来, 什么事情都是无伤大雅的.
辞典例句
- Want this substantival purify with indelicate move.
- 要把这着不雅的名词去除.
期刊摘选
- His indelicate remark hurt her feelings.
- 他粗鲁的话伤了她的心.
期刊摘选
- He had flung a leg of lamb at some indelicate disturbing tutor.
- 他曾经在那儿把一只羊腿扔到一个粗鄙惹人的导师的身上.
辞典例句
- She is so near to me that it almost seems indelicate to speak of her.
- 她和我非常亲近,所以谈论她我觉得几乎是失礼.
期刊摘选
- She bridled at the indelicate suggestion.
- 她对不得体的暗示发怒了.
期刊摘选
- Her indelicate remark hurt his feelings.
- 她粗鲁的话伤了他的心.
期刊摘选
- Somebody persuades him to approve civil use this batch why, feel indelicate.
- 有人劝他批文何必用此批, 觉得不雅.
期刊摘选
- She really could not touch upon such an indelicate subject.
- 她实在不想触碰如此令人窘迫的话题。
柯林斯例句
中文词源
indelicate 不雅致的，粗鲁的
in-,不，非，delicate,雅致的。
双语例句
- 1. She really could not touch upon such an indelicate subject.
- 她实在不想触碰如此令人窘迫的话题。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. To the unconsciously indelicate person, all things are delicate.
- 在有伤大雅而自己并不觉得的人看来, 什么事情都是无伤大雅的.
来自辞典例句
- 3. He had flung a leg of lamb at some indelicate disturbing tutor.
- 他曾经在那儿把一只羊腿扔到一个粗鄙惹人的导师的身上.
来自辞典例句
- 4. It is indelicate of you to mention her marriage problem.
- 你提到她的婚姻难题,这很失礼.
来自互联网
- 5. I posed to them an indelicate question: Are movie stars obsolete?
- 我特意向他们提出了这样一个问题: 电影明星是不是过时了?
来自互联网
英文词源
- indelicate (adj.)
- 1742, "offensive to propriety," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + delicate. Related: Indelicately.
词态变化
名词: indelicacy;