indelicate
[ɪnˈdɛlɪkɪt]
adj.
不文雅的;
不得体的;
不适当的;
令人窘迫的;
adv.
不文雅地;
不得体地;
不适当地;
令人窘迫地;
例句:
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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。
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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.
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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.
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Darwin was not so indelicate as to specify how some individuals were exterminated.
来自SA
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This, she says, is her job for life It may be indelicate.
来自THETIMES
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Sometimes the small, precious thing really is better off in larger, if indelicate hands.
来自WSJ