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 indelicate [ɪn'dɛləkɪt]   添加此单词到默认生词本
a. 无教养的, 粗俗的, 不雅的



    indelicate
    [ adj ]
    1. lacking propriety and good taste in manners and conduct

    2. <adj.all>
      indecorous behavior
    3. in violation of good taste even verging on the indecent

    4. <adj.all>
      an indelicate remark
      an off-color joke
    5. verging on the indecent

    6. <adj.all>
      an indelicate proposition


    Indelicate \In*del"i*cate\, a. [Pref. in- not + delicate: cf. F.
    ind['e]licat.]
    Not delicate; wanting delicacy; offensive to good manners, or
    to purity of mind; coarse; rude; as, an indelicate word or
    suggestion; indelicate behavior. --Macaulay. --
    {In*del"i*cate*ly}, adv.

    Syn: Indecorous; unbecoming; unseemly; rude; coarse; broad;
    impolite; gross; indecent; offensive; improper;
    unchaste; impure; unrefined.

    1. Pricing executives say some carriers have been known to prefix new fares with the letters "FU" to indicate an indelicate imperative.
    2. It would be indelicate for the four EU countries present to be caught cooking up a deal on the successor to Mr Jacques Delors as Commission president.
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