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misbecome

/mis-bi-kuhm/US // ˌmɪs bɪˈkʌm //UK // (ˌmɪsbɪˈkʌm) //

不吉利,误导,错乱,不吉利物

Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    mis·be·came, mis·be·come, mis·be·com·ing.

    • : to be unsuitable, unbecoming, or unfit for.

Examples

  • Though she was now long past her fiftieth year, Elizabeth, on the whole, did not misbecome her magnificent apparel.

  • A careless song, with a little nonsense in it now and then, does not misbecome a monarch.

  • And, indeed, I thought it did not wholly misbecome me as it was, being by nature curly.

  • She did so with a simple, quiet dignity, that would not have misbecome a duchess.

  • The greater portion of Roman law is expressed in terms which would not misbecome scientific or speculative treatises.