impropriety

英 [ˌɪmprəˈpraɪəti] 美 [ˌɪmprəˈpraɪəti]

n.  不诚实(或不正当、不合适)的行为举止

复数:improprieties

TOEFL

BNC.19897 / COCA.15427



牛津词典

noun

  1. 不诚实(或不正当、不合适)的行为举止
    behaviour or actions that are dishonest, morally wrong or not appropriate for a person in a position of responsibility

    柯林斯词典

    1. N-VAR 不合适举止;不正当行为
      Impropriety is improper behaviour.
      1. He resigned amid allegations of financial impropriety.
        他在财务作假的质疑声中辞职了。

    双语例句

    1. I would certainly dismiss any allegations of impropriety by the Labour Party
      对于工党指责我行为不正当,我当然不会理会。
    2. He resigned amid allegations of financial impropriety.
      他在财务作假的质疑声中辞职了。
    3. They were shocked by the impropriety of the young man's action.
      他们为那年轻人的不当举止而感到震惊。
    4. The source declined to discuss nature of the impropriety.
      该知情者拒绝讨论所谓“不正当”的性质。
    5. The government has denied any impropriety and called such claims sour grapes.
      政府方面否认存在任何不当行为,并称此类指控是出于酸葡萄心理。
    6. The business directive is for the business to protect itself, so that the business is not accused of impropriety as it executes its business applications.
      这个业务指示的目的是保护企业本身,让企业不会由于执行它的业务应用程序而成为被告。
    7. She was now struck with the impropriety of such communications to a stranger, and wondered it had escaped her before.
      于是她突然想到他跟一个陌生人讲这些话是多么冒昧,她奇怪自己以前为什么这样疏忽。
    8. A lawyer should avoid even the appearance of professional impropriety.
      律师应避免出现不正当业务现象。
    9. 2I now felt a burning sense of the impropriety I had committed, and expected nothing less than instant exposure; while a vision of pistols upon the morrow floated rapidly and uncomfortably through my brain.
      我现在强烈地感到自己犯了错误,感到至少会立刻露出马脚;同时,在我的心目中,让我不安地飞快闪过明天手枪的场面。
    10. And my favorite of all, in a Zurich hotel: "Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedrooms, it is suggested the lobby be used for this purpose."
      我最喜欢提到的是挂在苏黎世一所旅馆内的牌子,上写:“因为在卧室内招待异性客人有伤大雅,建议在前厅进行。”
    11. The reinsurers also agreed to retract and withdraw all allegations of fraud and impropriety made against the Korea national insurance company.
      再保险商们还同意撤销和收回所有针对朝鲜国家保险公司(koreanationalinsurancecompany)的欺诈和行为失当指控。
    12. The politician tried to cover up the scandal by accusing the opposition party of impropriety.
      那个搞政治的企图藉著指责反对党言词不当来掩盖诽闻。
    13. This is also the local economy is highly dependent on another real estate impropriety.
      而这,则又是地方经济高度依赖房地产的又一不当之处。
    14. Holmes said what he could in favor of the project, but my father was clear in the impropriety of it, and at last gave a flat denial to it.
      荷麦斯尽力表示赞同这计划,但是我父亲确实地认为这计划是不合式的,最后他直截了当地否决了它。
    15. Responsibility to disclose to clients, customers, owners of contractors, significant circumstances that could be construed as a conflict of interest or an appearance of impropriety.
      有责任向客户,顾客,业主或承包商披露可能被解释为利益冲突或不当行为的重大情况。
    16. Imbued with jealousy and hatred, he would launch into impassioned tirades that invariably called for caprese to be impeached for reasons of impropriety.
      他满怀嫉妒和仇恨,他会进行慷慨激昂的长篇谴责性讲话,这些讲话总是要求弹劾凯普莱斯行为下流。
    17. He refuses to play with company executives or reporters to avoid perceptions of impropriety.
      为避免造成行为不当的观感,他拒绝与公司高管或记者打球。
    18. He waved off suggestions of impropriety.
      他撤消了不适当的建议。
    19. She has strenuously denied the allegations of financial impropriety.
      她强烈地否认了经济方面有不正当行为的指控。
    20. Journalists must avoid impropriety and the appearance of impropriety as well as any conflict of interest or the appearance of conflict.
      新闻记者必须避免任何表面或实质上的不恰当行为以及表面或实质上的利益冲突。
    21. There is no suggestion of impropriety or that this enabled the industry to buy favour, it is just that in its pomp, finance became so important and so influential that it crowded out other voices.
      这里没有任何行为失当,或令该行业从中获利的暗示,这只是说明,盛况空前的金融行业变得如此重要,如此有影响力,众多其它声音被淹没了。
    22. Accusations of impropriety were made against senior government ministers.
      高级内阁大臣们被控行为不当。
    23. Conservative candidate Lee Myung-bak was last night elected president of South Korea in a sweeping victory, winning almost half of all votes despite allegations of financial impropriety.
      韩国保守派候选人李明博(LeeMyung-bak)昨晚以巨大优势获得大选胜利,当选韩国总统。尽管被指涉及财务不当行为,他还是赢得了近半数选票。
    24. The weakening of the accounting control is a universal problem in SOEs of our country, which is mainly caused by the deviation of objectives between the owner and the management, the vacancy of the owner's position, and the impropriety of accounting behavior.
      会计控制弱化是我国国有企业普遍存在的问题,究其根源,主要是所有者和经营者目标的背离、所有者虚位、会计行为失当等原因所致。
    25. Due to the multi-meaning and obscure language and words, and the limitation of the parties 'education or the lack of legal knowledge, the impropriety and loopholes in contracts always appear.
      由于语言文字本身存在的多义性和模糊性,以及当事人文化水平所限或法律知识的欠缺,合同中用语不当以及存在漏洞之情形时有出现。
    26. This phenomenon is related with the impropriety of educational research assessment, advance and inappropriate orientation, and it is also related with our lack of confidence and sense of responsibility in educational research.
      这与我们的教育研究评估失当、定位超前而不适度相关,也与我们的教育研究缺乏自信心和责任感相关。
    27. This paper first explains the reason of academic impropriety based on jurisprudence and then proposes some measures to strengthen academic legal norm construction.
      在对学术失范的原因进行法理学解释的基础上,提出了加强学术法律规范建设的措施。
    28. In addition, the writer has pointed out the possible falsehood or impropriety while quoting real estate capitalization rate, and has clarified some ambiguous concept and improper understanding.
      此外,笔者指出了在引用不动产还原利率时可能的谬误或不当,澄清了一些含混的概念和错误的理解。
    29. Analyzing and implementing any one of them alone will result in unilateral understanding in theory and impropriety in dealing with refugee problems in practice.
      单独分析、实施其中任何一项,都会导致理论上理解的片面,和实践中处理与难民有关问题的不妥当。
    30. The paper introduces complemental explanation and analysis of existing time_ delay identification scheme of nonlinear systems; meanwhile, points out the impropriety of NARMA model correction strategy for time-delay systems.
      对现有神经网络对非线性时滞系统的时滞辨识方法进行了补充说明和分析,同时指出现有的NARMA模型修正方法对时滞系统的不当之处。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. an act of undue intimacy

        Synonym:    familiarityindecorumliberty

      1. an indecent or improper act

          Synonym:    indecency

        1. an improper demeanor

            Synonym:    improperness

          1. the condition of being improper