Improper
[ɪm'prɒpə] or [ɪm'prɑpɚ]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; 'said all the wrong things' .
(adj.) not suitable or right or appropriate; 'slightly improper to dine alone with a married man'; 'improper medication'; 'improper attire for the golf course' .
(adj.) not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; 'an unconventional marriage'; 'improper banking practices' .
手打:莫林--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not proper; not suitable; not fitted to the circumstances, design, or end; unfit; not becoming; incongruous; inappropriate; indecent; as, an improper medicine; improper thought, behavior, language, dress.
(a.) Not peculiar or appropriate to individuals; general; common.
(a.) Not according to facts; inaccurate; erroneous.
(v. t.) To appropriate; to limit.
埃利斯手打
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Unsuitable, unsuited, unfit, unapt, inapposite, inappropriate, unadapted, not proper.[2]. Unseemly, unbecoming, indecent, indecorous.[3]. Inaccurate, incorrect, erroneous, wrong.
柏格編輯
同義詞及反義詞：
[See PROPER]
安格斯校對
解釋/意思:
adj. not suitable: unfit: unbecoming: incorrect: wrong.—adv. Improp′erly.—n. Improprī′ety.
編輯:迈尔斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Thus it appears, that the principle, which opposes our passion, cannot be the same with reason, and is only called so in an improper sense. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- The higher his deserts, the more improper for me ever to have thought of him. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- It was dreadfully improper, I know, but I couldn't resist the temptation, and lifting one end of the curtain before the glass door, I peeped in. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The affected anxiety of the lawgiver, lest they should employ an improper person, is evidently as impertinent as it is oppressive. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- Nothing could be more improper than the whole business. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- She must have felt the improper and dangerous distinction. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- He was of opinion that it was improper, and that they were naturally unequal to it. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- Improper influence! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Nothing was more improper for them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Why are you tearing about the streets,' said Mr. Gradgrind, 'in this improper manner? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Forming an opinion of our people and their manners by what is seen among the inhabitants of the seaports, is judging from an improper sample. 本傑明·佛蘭克林. 佛蘭克林自傳.
- I call it improper pride to let fools' notions hinder you from doing a good action. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- But let me tell you one thing, Aunt: Mr. Wildeve is not a profligate man, any more than I am an improper woman. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Secondly, it seems, on this account, altogether improper to consider artificers, manufacturers, and merchants, in the same light as menial servants. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- In the last chapter of the fourth book, I shall endeavour to shew that their sense is an improper one. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- If bounties are as improper as I have endeavoured to prove them to be, the sooner they cease, and the lower they are, so much the better. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- As this opinion may appear somewhat extraordinary, it may not be improper to confirm it by some other considerations. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Her own behaviour had been so very improper! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Such obstinacy could not be unless you were under improper influence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- You have shewn that you can dance, and you know we are not really so much brother and sister as to make it at all improper. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- And away went Meg to help 'that man' in his highly improper employment. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Do not act anything improper, my dear, said Lady Bertram. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Men were brought to feel that they were as improper without a nationality as without their clothes in a crowded assembly. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The company had been suspected of restraining the trade and of establishing some sort of improper monopoly. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- This was highly improper and very ungentlemanlike on your part! 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- What was _strange_ must be _wrong_; what was _unusual_ must be _improper_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Indeed he has no improper pride. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- Possibly it may be thought that our party tarried too long, or did other improper things, but such was not the case. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- It is highly improper. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
編輯:迈尔斯