Indelicate
[ɪn'delɪkət] or [ɪn'dɛlɪkət]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) verging on the indecent; 'an indelicate proposition' .
(adj.) in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent; 'an indelicate remark'; 'an off-color joke' .
阿纳托尔校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.
錄入:特德
同義詞及近義詞：
a. Indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unseemly, coarse, gross, rude, broad, vulgar.
伊迪丝錄入
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Coarse, broad, indecent
ANT:Nice, refined, modest, delicate
手打:列侬
解釋/意思:
adj. offensive to good manners or purity of mind: coarse.--n. Indel′icacy.—adv. Indel′icately.
校對:桑福德
例句/造句/用法:
- It would have been less indelicate. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Go out of the house, said I, for God's sake; there is something too indelicate and disgusting in your pity. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I did not press the matter further at that moment, believing it would be indelicate. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- How inconsiderate, how indelicate, how irrational, how unfeeling had been her conduct! 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- Emily, my girl,' said Wardle reproachfully, 'I detest meanness and deceit; this is unjustifiable and indelicate in the highest degree. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
校對:桑福德