中文词源
indelicate 不雅致的，粗鲁的
in-,不，非，delicate,雅致的。
英语词源
- indelicate (adj.)
- 1742, "offensive to propriety," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + delicate. Related: Indelicately.
权威例句
- 1. She really could not touch upon such an indelicate subject.
- 她实在不想触碰如此令人窘迫的话题。
- 2. To the unconsciously indelicate person, all things are delicate.
- 在有伤大雅而自己并不觉得的人看来, 什么事情都是无伤大雅的.
- 3. 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.
- 4. It is indelicate of you to mention her marriage problem.
- 你提到她的婚姻难题,这很失礼.
- 5. I posed to them an indelicate question: Are movie stars obsolete?
- 我特意向他们提出了这样一个问题: 电影明星是不是过时了?