indelicate 英 [ɪnˈdelɪkət]   美 [ɪnˈdɛlɪkɪt]

indelicate

indelicate  英 [ɪnˈdelɪkət] 美 [ɪnˈdɛlɪkɪt]

adj. 无教养的;不文雅的;下流的,粗俗的 

It makes it too common, too indelicate, too apparent … the mystery, after all, is what makes it so good. 谈论性会让性变的太普通,太粗俗,太明显,毕竟是她的神秘让她如此富有魅力。
Human trafficking tends to get ignored because it is an indelicate, sordid topic, with troubled victims who don’t make great poster children for family values. 人口贩卖是个令人难堪而肮脏的话题,受害者在家中又往往是不受重视的孩子,因此这个话题经常遭到忽视。

  • Indelicate things are offensive or rude. If you tell an indelicate joke to your sweet, old-fashioned great-grandmother, it'll make her blush.
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  • adj. 无教养的;不文雅的;下流的,粗俗的
  • 1. It makes it too common, too indelicate, too apparent … the mystery, after all, is what makes it so good.

    谈论性会让性变的太普通,太粗俗,太明显,毕竟是她的神秘让她如此富有魅力。

  • 2. Human trafficking tends to get ignored because it is an indelicate, sordid topic, with troubled victims who don’t make great poster children for family values.

    人口贩卖是个令人难堪而肮脏的话题,受害者在家中又往往是不受重视的孩子,因此这个话题经常遭到忽视。

  • 3. At best, changing your status is an indelicate way to inform friends about a delicate matter.

    通过改变个人感情状态把关系如此微妙的事情告诉朋友,你这样做,顶多也就表明了你处事不够文雅。

  • indelicate (adj.) 1670s, "offensive to a refined sense of propriety, beyond the bounds of proper reserve," from in- (1) "not, opposite of" + delicate. Related: Indelicately.
in·deli·cate / ɪnˈdelɪkət ; NAmE ɪnˈdelɪkət / adjective ( formal) likely to be thought rude or embarrassing 不文雅的;颇粗鲁的;令人尴尬的 an indelicate question 无礼的提问 in·deli·cacy / ɪnˈdelɪkəsi ; NAmE ɪnˈdelɪkəsi / noun [uncountable ] indelicacy indelicacies in·deli·cate / ɪnˈdelɪkət ; NAmE ɪnˈdelɪkət / in·deli·cacy / ɪnˈdelɪkəsi ; NAmE ɪnˈdelɪkəsi /
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