英语释义

• verging on the indecent;

  "an indelicate proposition"

• in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent;

  "an indelicate remark"

  "an off-color joke"

• lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;

  "indecorous behavior"

片语

indelicate joke不合时宜的笑话

indecent dirty indelicate underbred ungraceful下流的

indelicate a下流的

an indelicate suggestion失礼的提议

dirty变脏

blue蓝色；蓝色物品；（牛津或剑桥大学的运动员）蓝色荣誉者；失误；红发人；打架

grossly indelicate conduct下流和缺乏教养的表现

low牛叫

英汉例句

• not refined; indelicate and crude.

  粗俗的不优雅的；

• it was a very indelicate thing to do in company. the sort of thing one might expect from a coarse fieldworker.

  如果他在公司里做这些很没有教养的动作，会被当成粗鲁的野外工作者。

• 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。

• 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。

• persisting in this indelicate operation, he had us both covertly hilarious.

  他不雅地清个不停，弄得我们两个人都偷偷地乐了。

• you don」t need to be the class clown. nor do you need to resort to other indelicate methods in order to convince others you are clever, sophisticated, or affable.

  你不需要装成小丑，也不需要诉诸其它引人注目的特异方式来表现你的聪明、教养、或可亲。

• at best, changing your status is an indelicate way to inform friends about a delicate matter.

  通过改变个人感情状态把关系如此微妙的事情告诉朋友，你这样做，顶多也就表明了你处事不够文雅。

• people often dream of comfortable and elegant life, but i prefer this indelicate and casual pattern. maybe i belong to the later.

  人总会憧憬舒适、高雅的生活，但我内心更倾向这种粗俗、随意的方式。

• it is indelicate of you to mention her marriage problem.

  你提到她的婚姻难题，这很失礼。

• it is so famous site also is doing such business only, it seems that a bit indelicate !

  只是这么有名的站点也在做这样的事情，似乎有点不雅！

相似词

discourteous失礼的，无礼貌的；粗鲁的

filthy骯脏的；污秽的；猥亵的

相反词

delicate微妙的；精美的，雅致的；柔和的；易碎的；纤弱的；清淡可口的