记忆方法
将“improper”分解为“im”和“proper”，想象“im”是“不”，而“proper”是“合适的”，结合起来就是“不合适的”。可以用场景记忆法，比如想象一个人在不恰当的场合穿得过于正式，以此来记住这个单词的意思。
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中文词源
improper 不合适的，不诚实的
im-,不，非，proper,合适的，诚实的。
英语词源
- improper (adj.)
- mid-15c., "not true," from French impropre (14c.), from Latin improprius, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + proprius (see proper). Meaning "not suited, unfit" is from 1560s; that of "not in accordance with good manners, modesty, decency" is from 1739. Related: Improperly (late 14c.).
权威例句
- 1. He would never be improper, he is always the perfect gentleman.
- 他总是举止得体，一直是个完美的绅士。
- 2. Mr Matthews maintained that he had done nothing improper.
- 马修斯先生坚称他没有做过非法的事情。
- 3. It's considered improper to be unclothed in public.
- 在公共场合赤身裸体被认为是不成体统的。
- 4. The committee concluded that the senators had engaged in improper conduct.
- 委员会断定议员们从事了不正当活动.
- 5. He was very indignant with his wife over her improper conduct.
- 他对他妻子的不端行为感到非常愤慨.