indelicate
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How to pronounce indelicate in British English:
英 [ɪnˈdelɪkət]
How to pronounce indelicate in American English:
美 [ɪnˈdɛlɪkɪt]
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- Adjective:
- in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent
- lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct
- verging on the indecent
单词词源
- indelicate (adj.)
- 1742, "offensive to propriety," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + delicate. Related: Indelicately.
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双语例句
- 1. Her indelicate remark hurt his feelings .
- 2. An ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate .
- 3. It is indelicate of you to mention her marriage problem .
- 4. Forgive insults of the most indelicate sort ?
- 5. His indelicate remark hurt her feelings .