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
- 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。 - Both the eurozone crisis and that terrible war occurred amid sudden power shifts; they were triggered by seemly trivial events; and they became incredibly complicated.
欧元区危机和那场可怕的战争都发生在实力平衡突然出现改变的背景之下；它们都是由看似微不足道的事件引发的；最终都变得极其复杂。 - 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）。 - Even if inflation and devaluation of USD are considered, international oil price in2007 is seemly equivalent to the price during Oil Crisis in the70s at the last century.
即使考虑到通胀和美元贬值因素，2007年国际油价也已和上世纪70年代石油危机时期的价格不相上下。 - Seemly, only to combine order and function interface together, make programmable control instrument produce the function.
只有将仪器程控指令与接口函数有机的结合起来才能使程控仪器发挥功能。 - Moreover, by studying the seemly conflicting viewpoints on educational purpose, happiness proves to be the common point.
而通过对各种冲突的教育目的观的研究也发现，对人生幸福的追求是它们的逻辑融合点。 - 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。 - When such a grossly misinterpreted claim was busted, she went for another by copying or writing large amount of seemly related but really out of context content.
当这样一个严重的曲解被驳斥后，她又去制造另外的谎言，抄来或者写了大量的看似相关，实则无关的内容。 - While seemly pure ethical consumption of some consumers, such as buying free range chickens, also has hidden interests of their health.
而部分消费者看似纯道德的消费，例如只购买散养鸡肉，实际上背后也隐藏着自身的健康利益。 - In this fiction, Paul Auster expresses his distinctive understanding of identity by telling three stories that are seemly independent but are actually interrelated to each other.
通过讲述三个看似独立但实则互相关联的故事，奥斯特阐释了他对身份这一概念的独到见解。