Indelicate
[ɪn'delɪkət] or [ɪn'dɛlɪkət]
解释:
(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' .
阿纳托尔校对--From WordNet
解释:
(a.) Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or suggestion; indelicate behavior.
录入:特德
同义词及近义词：
a. Indecent, indecorous, unbecoming, unseemly, coarse, gross, rude, broad, vulgar.
伊迪丝录入
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Coarse, broad, indecent
ANT:Nice, refined, modest, delicate
手打:列侬
解释:
adj. offensive to good manners or purity of mind: coarse.--n. Indel′icacy.—adv. Indel′icately.
校对:桑福德
例句:
- It would have been less indelicate. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Go out of the house, said I, for God's sake; there is something too indelicate and disgusting in your pity. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- I did not press the matter further at that moment, believing it would be indelicate. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
- How inconsiderate, how indelicate, how irrational, how unfeeling had been her conduct! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
- Emily, my girl,' said Wardle reproachfully, 'I detest meanness and deceit; this is unjustifiable and indelicate in the highest degree. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
校对:桑福德