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
- 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。 - 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。 - The ancient Roman poet Terrence declared that in every endeavor, the seemly course for wise men is to try persuasion first.
古罗马诗人泰伦斯宣称，在每一次作出努力时，智者首先采用的适当途径是说服。 - In the course of investigation I found that those candidates who seemly unfamiliar with the rules of the election had confirmed some of the theories of communication in the election process of political communication through the "votes" strategy.
在调查的过程中笔者发现，这些看似并不熟悉选举规则的候选人，在选举的政治传播过程中所采取的拉票策略，印证了传播学当中的一些理论。 - "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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。