unseemly

双解例句

小知识

Something that is inappropriate or unacceptable behavior is unseemly. It's a gentler, somewhat nicer word for “inappropriate” than its synonyms, the “in” words: “indecent, indecorous, indelicate, inelegant, inept” — well, you get the idea.

Knowing that the “un-” prefix turns a word into its opposite, you'll see that unseemly means “not seemly.” Let's look at that word (which is related to our verb seem), because it carries the real meaning. Seemly goes back to around 1200, to the Old Norse word soemr, “fitting, becoming.” The negative “un-” was added in the early 14th century to denote the opposite meaning. “Seems” to make sense, doesn’t it?

实用短语

1. unseemly to use profanity

   不雅的暗示

2. unseemly y

   不适宜的,不体面既,不适当的

3. with unseemly eyes

   翻译

4. unseemly text

   不适宜的

5. unseemly effect

   不当影响

6. seemly unseemly

   适宜的

7. make unseemly suggestions

   提出不恰当的建议

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词根：unseemly

unseemliness不合适；不得体