| 词汇 | indelicately |
| 释义 | indelicately adverb uk /ɪnˈdel.ɪ.kət.li/ us /ɪnˈdel.ə.kət.li/ in a way that is not suitable for a situation and is likely to be offensive: （言语或行为）不适当地，无礼地 Would she, he asked indelicately, ever remarry?她会再婚吗？他问了个不适当的问题。 The question was framed rather indelicately. 这个问题的提法相当不雅。 See indelicate He was confronted indelicately about the odour. They indelicately articulated an anti-immigrant sentiment. She snorted indelicately, getting everyone’s attention. Rude and cheeky backchat cheekily cheekiness cheeky churlishly churlishness coarse-grained fruity gall indelicate obnoxiousness offensively offensiveness pertly potty mouth sass scatological unceremonious unpleasant unprintable Examples of indelicatelyindelicately In particular, the amendments would require authorities to have regard to that when considering the vexed issue of what is rather indelicately called "intentionality". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not want to put the matter too indelicately, but the trust is bankrupt. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He is suffering from what may indelicately be called "televised verbal diarrhoea". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I think what has been done is very grossly indelicate, and that public money has been most indelicately dealt with and the traditions of public life have sustained serious injury. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Teasing rhyme is the use of mind rhyme as a form of innuendo, where the unsaid word is taboo or completes a sentence indelicately. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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