seemly
英 [ˈsiːmli]
美 [ˈsiːmli]
adj. 合适的; 得体的; 合乎礼仪的
BNC.40478 / COCA.35852
同义词辨析
decorousdecentniceseemly【导航词义：正派的】
decorousadj. 〈正式〉端庄的，得体的
〔辨析〕
主要指人的外表或者行为很得体的。
〔例证〕
a decorous hug
礼貌得体的拥抱
It is decorous to wear a tie at an evening party.
在晚会上佩戴领带是得体的。
礼貌得体的拥抱
It is decorous to wear a tie at an evening party.
在晚会上佩戴领带是得体的。
decentadj. 正派的，规矩的
〔辨析〕
指道德标准符合社会规范的。
〔例证〕
She is a decent citizen.
她是个正派的市民。
The President did the decent thing.
总统做了他该做的事。
她是个正派的市民。
The President did the decent thing.
总统做了他该做的事。
niceadj. 〈旧〉正派的
〔辨析〕
指道德品行高尚的，但此义现已不常用。
〔例证〕
Nice girls don't do such things.
正派姑娘不会做这种事儿的。
正派姑娘不会做这种事儿的。
seemlyadj. 〈旧〉适宜的，得体的，合乎行为规范的
〔辨析〕
指根据通行的行为规范，言行举止符合某一情境或社交场合的，但此义现已不常用。
〔例证〕
It is not seemly for guests to gossip about the hostess.
客人对女主人说三道四似乎不大得体。
客人对女主人说三道四似乎不大得体。
牛津词典
adj.
- 合适的；得体的；合乎礼仪的
appropriate for a particular social situation
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 得体的;适当的;合乎礼仪的
Seemlybehaviour or dress is appropriate in the particular circumstances.- Self-assertion was not thought seemly in a woman.
人们认为女性不应该过于自信。
- Self-assertion was not thought seemly in a woman.
英英释义
adj
- according with custom or propriety
- her becoming modesty
- comely behavior
- it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
- a decent burial
- seemly behavior
双语例句
- "Narrative inquiry" in education field concerns how to narrate and how to expand education research with seemly mode of narrating.
教育领域里的叙事研究关注如何叙事，以及如何以恰当的叙事方式展开教育研究。 - Lady Bracknell did not think it was seemly for Ernest to lack a proper family: no baby abandoned on a doorstep could grow up to marry her daughter.
布拉克内尔夫人认为欧内斯特不是出自体面家庭这一点有失体统：没有哪个被遗弃在门阶上的婴孩长大可与她女儿结婚。 - It would not be seemly for me to say ( even if I knew the answer) why the company has chosen me.
这家公司为什么选我？这个问题似乎不该由我来回答（即便我知道答案也是如此）。 - Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
愚昧人宴乐度日，是不合宜的，何况仆人管辖王子呢。 - Cried Hester Prynne, who, however inured to such behaviour on the elf-child's part at other seasons, was naturally anxious for a more seemly deportment now.
海丝特白兰嚷道，她平时尽管已经熟习了这小精灵似的孩子的这种举止，但此时自然巴不得她能表现得更懂规矩些。 - It will be more seemly to tell her after the funeral.
待葬礼过后再告诉她较合适。 - But, to the advanced ventilation mode& PSV, usual PID algorithm seemly becomes no satisfactory.
以往的呼吸机只有控制通气方式，使用的是常规的PID算法，收到了满意的效果，但对高性能呼吸机中先进的呼吸方式PSV，常规的PID则显得无能为力了。 - There was a tiny, priggish, warning voice in my ears which in the tones of Collins told me it was seemly to hold back.
我耳边响起一种微弱的，一本正经的，象科林斯的声音，警告我最好不要去。 - The enterprise needs a seemly application system to meet the requirements of practice and resolve the conflict in warehouse management.
他们迫切需要一个满足实际生产环境要求的仓库管理系统，来解决企业仓库管理上存在的矛盾。 - Her becoming modesty; comely behavior; it is not comme_il_faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money; a decent burial; seemly behavior.
她适当的谦虚；举止适当的；老是要钱对绅士来说使不礼貌的；体面的埋葬；举止适当。