indelicate

英 [?n'del?k?t] 美[?n'd?l?k?t]
  • adj. 無(wú)教養(yǎng)的;不文雅的;下流的,粗俗的

詞態(tài)變化


名詞:?indelicacy;

中文詞源


indelicate 不雅致的,粗魯?shù)?/span>

in-,不,非,delicate,雅致的。

英文詞源


indelicate (adj.)
1742, "offensive to propriety," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + delicate. Related: Indelicately.

雙語(yǔ)例句


1. She really could not touch upon such an indelicate subject.
她實(shí)在不想觸碰如此令人窘迫的話題。

來(lái)自柯林斯例句

2. To the unconsciously indelicate person, all things are delicate.
在有傷大雅而自己并不覺(jué)得的人看來(lái), 什么事情都是無(wú)傷大雅的.

來(lái)自辭典例句

3. He had flung a leg of lamb at some indelicate disturbing tutor.
他曾經(jīng)在那兒把一只羊腿扔到一個(gè)粗鄙惹人的導(dǎo)師的身上.

來(lái)自辭典例句

4. It is indelicate of you to mention her marriage problem.
你提到她的婚姻難題,這很失禮.

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)

5. I posed to them an indelicate question: Are movie stars obsolete?
我特意向他們提出了這樣一個(gè)問(wèn)題: 電影明星是不是過(guò)時(shí)了?

來(lái)自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)