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indelicate

英[ɪnˈdelɪkət]
美[ɪnˈdɛlɪkɪt]

基本释义

  • adj.不文雅的; 不得体的; 不适当的; 令人窘迫的

词性变化

实用例句

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。

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?

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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.

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If udo! she says u are indelicate.

如果跟她做,她说你是粗鄙的!

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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.

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His indelicate remark hurt her feelings.

他粗鲁的话伤了她的心.

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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.

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She bridled at the indelicate suggestion.

她对不得体的暗示发怒了.

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Her indelicate remark hurt his feelings.

她粗鲁的话伤了他的心.

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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.

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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

英英释义

Adjective
  • 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"

反义词

adj.下流的;无教养的

delicate

其他释义

delicate

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