immodest

[美國]/ɪˈmɒdɪst/
[英國]/ɪˈmɑːdɪst/
詞頻: 非常高

中文釋義

adj. 不謙虛的,不莊重的

例句

immodest claims in advertising and promotion.

在廣告和推銷上不謙虛的說法

a bathing suit considered immodest by the local people.

當地人認爲是不正派的游泳衣

immodest display of wealth

炫耀財富

原聲例句

An immodest sense of pride in our community.

我們社區大言不慚的自豪感。

來源: The Simpsons Movie

As well as being considered unsafe or chaotic, swimming was seen as immodest – shocking because it shows too much of the body.

游泳不僅被認爲是危險的或混沌的,還被認爲是不莊重的——令人震驚,因爲它裸露太多。

來源: 6 Minute English

The woman is immodest who can let the shadow of such a doubt remain on her husband's mind a moment.

女人是不謙虛的,誰能讓這種懷疑的陰影在她丈夫的腦海中停留片刻。

來源: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

And I must be allowed to call her a modest woman, before I dismiss this part of the subject, by saying, that till men are more chaste, women will be immodest.

我必須被允許稱她爲謙虛的女人, 在我駁回這部分主題之前, 我要說的是, 除非男人更貞潔, 否則女人將變得不端莊。

來源: Defending Feminism (Part 2)

On the contrary, she would have expressed the prettiest surprise and disapprobation if she had heard that another young lady had been detected in that immodest prematureness — indeed, would probably have disbelieved in its possibility.

相反,如果她聽說另一位年輕女士被發現有這種過分的早熟,她會表示最驚訝和不以爲然——事實上,她可能不相信這種可能性。

來源: Middlemarch (Part Two)

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