impropriety

FREQ #39397

n. 不适当, 不得体, 不正当行为, 用词不当

发音

US /ˌɪm.pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/

词形变化

improprieties 复数 improprieties

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The condition of being improper.

    不可数 可数

    To see the impropriety of this noninformative prior, note that the posterior results (2.19)–(2.22) can be justified by as [sic] combining the likelihood function with the following ‘prior density’: […]

  2. 2.

    An improper act.

    可数 不可数
  3. 3.

    Improper language.

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

liberty familiarity indecency improperness indecorum

反义词 1

propriety

上位词 10

condition behavior status conduct behaviour demeanor demeanour misbehaviour misdeed deportment

下位词 8

obscenity indecency inappropriateness incorrectness indecorousness indecorum indelicacy wrongness

词源

From French impropriété, from Latin improprietās. By surface analysis, improper + -iety or im- + propriety.

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