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词汇 inaptly
释义 inaptly
adverb
uk /ɪnˈæpt.li/ us /ɪnˈæpt.li/(also mainly old-fashionedunaptly)
in a way that is not suitable for the situation:
inaptly namedGreen Lane is probably one of the most inaptly named streets in central London.
The League of Nations had its own short-lived court, inaptly called the Permanent Court of International Law.
Love has sometimes been compared, not unaptly, to a disease.
Centipedes are inaptly named, since they always have an odd number of pairs of legs, never 100.
The area is also home to several rare species of butterflies, including the inaptly named common blue.
Modern medical technology has made it possible to extend the process of dying through the use of what are colloquially, but perhaps inaptly, called "life-support" machines.
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Unsuitable and unacceptable
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beyond the paleidiom
incorrectly
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infelicitous
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raffishly
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unsuitably
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unsupportable
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