unseemly

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📖 中文释义

  1. a. 不合适的, 不适宜的, 不得体的

💬 双语例句

  1. Moreover, the PiS is exploiting the fact that a judicial strike would appear unseemly. Populists can get away with undermining the authority of democratic institutions; the authorities themselves cannot.

  2. The unseemly race to recruit princelings starts at the world’s leading colleges and universities. Because China has no universities that rival the Ivy League or Oxford and Cambridge, senior Chinese officials prefer to send their children to these schools.

    招收太子党的不光彩竞争最早始于全球最知名的高校。 因为中国没有能与常青藤、牛津和剑桥相媲美的大学,中国高官更愿意将子女送到那里就读。

  3. The genius of Clinton and Blair was to combine genuine concern for the underprivileged with an unseemly devotion to the fat cats of Wall Street, the City of London, and some murkier places, too. Blair vacationed with Silvio Berlusconi, Italy’s plutocrat prime minister.

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🔗 常用搭配

appear unseemlyunseemly mixtureunseemly populistsunseemly raceembody an unseemly
📘 English Definition(英文释义)
  1. s not in keeping with accepted standards of what is right or proper in polite society