unbecoming

英 [ˌʌnbɪˈkʌmɪŋ]

美 [ˌʌnbɪˈkʌmɪŋ]

adj.  不合适的; 不相称的; 不恰当; 不得体; 不可接受

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BNC.33136 / COCA.25108

牛津词典

adj.

• 不合适的；不相称的
  not suiting a particular person
  1. She was wearing an unbecoming shade of purple.
     她穿着一身不相配的紫色衣服。
• 不恰当；不得体；不可接受
  not appropriate or acceptable
  1. He was accused of conduct unbecoming to an officer.
     他被谴责行为有失官员身份。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 不好看的；不吸引人的
  If you describe things such as clothes asunbecoming, you mean that they look unattractive.
  1. ...the unbecoming dress hurriedly stitched from cheap cloth.
     用廉价布料匆匆缝制的难看的连衣裙
• ADJ-GRADED 不得体的；不合宜的；不恰当的
  If you describe a person's behaviour or remarks asunbecoming, you mean that they are shocking and unsuitable for that person.
  1. His conduct was totally unbecoming to an officer in the British armed services...
     作为一名英军军官，他的行为极不得体。
  2. Those involved had performed acts unbecoming of university students.
     那些参与者的所作所为有失大学生的体面。

英英释义

adj

• not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society
  1. was buried with indecent haste
  2. indecorous behavior
  3. language unbecoming to a lady
  4. unseemly to use profanity
  5. moved to curb their untoward ribaldry
  Synonym:indecentindecorousuncomelyunseemlyuntoward

双语例句

• Rockwood was charged with conduct unbecoming an officer.
  洛克伍德被指控有与官员身份不相称的行为。
• They plead guilty, we drop the conspiracy and conduct unbecoming.
  他们认罪，就网开一面只告他们共谋及行为不当。
• The colours are unbecoming to her complexion.
  这些颜色与她的肤色不相配。
• However, the strange phenomenon of few readers and low utility of foreign books in university library is unbecoming for a place full of talent.
  然而高校图书馆外文图书却普遍存在读者少、利用率低是的问题，这种怪现象与人才密集的高校是极不相称的。
• Those involved had performed acts unbecoming of university students.
  那些参与者的所作所为有失大学生的体面。
• If he had been forgotten, it had been a gap in our great feast, and all things unbecoming.
  如果他被忘记，那是我们的盛宴的一大缺陷，一切都不象样了。
• It was thought unbecoming for young ladies to smoke.
  年轻女子吸烟被认为有欠斯文。
• An unbecoming dress, style, colour.
  不合适的连衣裙、样式、颜色。
• Despite pleading innocence, the images of Dominique Strauss-Kahn in handcuffs was unbecoming of the leader of the global banking institution.
  尽管一直声称自己是无辜的，然而，作为全球银行机构的负责人，卡恩戴着手铐的形象却不太得体。
• The secret of remaining young is never to have an emotion that is unbecoming.
  永葆青春的秘诀就是决不要产生不合时宜的感情。