indelicate是什么意思？

indelicate

英[ɪnˈdelɪkət] 美[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；

名词：indelicacy;

例句

• It is indelicate of you to mention her marriage problem. 你提到她的婚姻难题,这很失礼.
• 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.
• 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。

反义词

• adj.
  indelicate的反义词之：下流的;无教养的
  delicate,
• indelicate的反义词之：其他释义
  delicate,

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  粗野的;无礼的;令人窘迫的
  If something or someone is indelicate, they are rude or embarrassing.
  例句
  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。

英英词典释义

• Adjective
  1. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent;
  "an indelicate remark""an off-color joke"
  2. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct;
  "indecorous behavior"
  3. verging on the indecent;
  "an indelicate proposition"