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

• The business directive is for the business to protect itself, so that the business is not accused of impropriety as it executes its business applications.
  这个业务指示的目的是保护企业本身，让企业不会由于执行它的业务应用程序而成为被告。
• 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。
• And my favorite of all, in a Zurich hotel: "Because of the impropriety of entertaining guests of the opposite sex in the bedrooms, it is suggested the lobby be used for this purpose."
  我最喜欢提到的是挂在苏黎世一所旅馆内的牌子，上写：“因为在卧室内招待异性客人有伤大雅，建议在前厅进行。”
• The paper introduces complemental explanation and analysis of existing time_ delay identification scheme of nonlinear systems; meanwhile, points out the impropriety of NARMA model correction strategy for time-delay systems.
  对现有神经网络对非线性时滞系统的时滞辨识方法进行了补充说明和分析，同时指出现有的NARMA模型修正方法对时滞系统的不当之处。
• She was now struck with the impropriety of such communications to a stranger, and wondered it had escaped her before.
  于是她突然想到他跟一个陌生人讲这些话是多么冒昧，她奇怪自己以前为什么这样疏忽。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Holmes said what he could in favor of the project, but my father was clear in the impropriety of it, and at last gave a flat denial to it.
  荷麦斯尽力表示赞同这计划，但是我父亲确实地认为这计划是不合式的，最后他直截了当地否决了它。