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
- Self-assertion was not thought seemly in a woman.
人们认为女性不应该过于自信。 - Chewing gum on a train is not seemly in a lady.
淑女在火车上嚼囗香糖不太雅观。 - It is a seemly undisputable fact that music is a non-semantic art.
音乐是非语义性的艺术，这似乎已成为不争的定论。 - 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。 - We will call at a more seemly time.
我们会在更适合的时候来拜访的。 - 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。 - It would not be seemly for us to be seen here together.
让别人看到我们在一起不合适。 - Lu Xun and Wang Meng looks seemly different, in actually they are similar in the spirit.
鲁迅与王蒙在精神层面上看似迥异，在本质上却有相通之处。 - 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。