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indecorum

/in-di-kawr-uhm, -kohr-/US // ˌɪn dɪˈkɔr əm, -ˈkoʊr- //UK // (ˌɪndɪˈkɔːrəm) //

沉默寡言,沉默寡言的人,沉默的人,沉默寡言者

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : indecorous behavior or character.
    • : something indecorous.

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Examples

  • This indecorum excited angry curiosity, and drew down stern remonstrance.

  • To reconcile to the virtuous spectator this indecorum, most calamitous woes are first depicted as the consequence of illicit love.

  • "The indecorum, Miss Cartwright, has been already committed," said Rosalind.

  • And this doubt is strengthened by the singular indecorum of his having addressed himself to Dr. Maltby.

  • As a judge of the Supreme Court his incursion into the field of politics, unheralded, but not unprecedented, was an indecorum.