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

• 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

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

英英释义

noun

• an act of undue intimacy
  Synonym:familiarityindecorumliberty
• an indecent or improper act
  Synonym:indecency
• an improper demeanor
  Synonym:improperness
• the condition of being improper

双语例句

• A lawyer should avoid even the appearance of professional impropriety.
  律师应避免出现不正当业务现象。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。