indiscreet
indiscreet 英 [ˌɪndɪˈskri:t] 美 [ˌɪndɪˈskrit]
adj. 轻率的；不慎重的
- Someone indiscreet lacks discretion and doesn’t know when to keep things on the down low. Going to see your ex-girlfriend’s band with your new girlfriend would be indiscreet.
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- adj. 轻率的；不慎重的
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1. Once upon a time, the discreet — or indiscreet — lunch was the preferred mechanism for getting up to speed.
从前，谨慎—或者轻率—午餐都是提高速度更愿选择的结构。
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2. Thoughtless and indiscreet I can easily believe him, but this step (and let us rejoice over it) marks nothing bad at heart.
我固然认为他为人轻率冒昧，不过他这次的举动未必就是存心不良（让我们但愿如此吧）。
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3. Divorce lawyers have used information in social-media posts to extract higher alimony payments from indiscreet spouses, experts and lawyers report.
专家及律师们指出，离婚律师已开始利用社交网站上的帖子为他们的当事人从出言轻率的配偶那里争取更高的赡养费。
- indiscreet (adj.) "imprudent, not discrete, lacking good judgment," early 15c., from Medieval Latin indiscretus, from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + Latin discretus "separated, distinct" (in Medieval Latin "discerning, careful"), past participle of discernere "distinguish" (see discern). A Medieval Latin secondary sense of the word that also became indiscrete. Related: Indiscreetly; indiscreetness.
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