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单词 unseemly
释义 un·seemly
I. \“+\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English unsemely, from un- (I) + semely seemly
: not seemly: as
 a. : not according with established standards of good form or taste : unbecoming, indecent
  < very unseemly to talk in this loose fashion before young men — Willa Cather >
  < an unseemly outbreak of temper — Nathaniel Hawthorne >
  < one of the unseemliest squabbles … grew out of the bitterness sowed between a strong administrator and his teaching staff — V.L.Parrington >
  < rescuing its historic monuments from a century and a half of unseemly neglect — Lewis Mumford >
 b. : not comely, handsome, or attractive in appearance
  < a man of unseemly aspect >
  < country farmhouses … resembling dingy boxes surrounded by unseemly household litter — S.E.Morison & H.S.Commager >
 c. : not suitable for time or place : inappropriate, unseasonable
  < at the most unseemly hours — eleven at night, four in the morning — alarm clocks shrieked, taps gushed — Jean Stafford >
  < we demand to know the reason for this unseemly intrusion — T.B.Costain >
  < useless and unseemly sorrow for the irrevocable past — W.M.Thackeray >
II. adverb
Etymology: Middle English unsemely, from un- (I) + semely, adverb, seemly
: in unseemly fashion or manner
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