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

• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。