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单词 impropriety
释义
impropriety
noun[CorU]
formal
uk
/ˌɪm.prəˈpraɪ.ə.ti/us
/ˌɪm.prəˈpraɪ.ə.t̬i/
behaviourthat isdishonest,sociallyunacceptable, orunsuitablefor aparticularsituation:
不诚实的做法，不恰当的行为
financial/legalimpropriety不正当的经济活动／违法行为
allegationsofsexualimpropriety对不正当性行为的指控
Opposites
decorumformal
proprietyformal
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Lies, lying & hypocrisy
  • a pack of liesidiom
  • artifice
  • bad faith
  • black is whiteidiom
  • cakeism
  • canard
  • falsehood
  • falsification
  • feedsomeonea lineidiom
  • fib
  • fiction
  • lie
  • myth
  • mythologically
  • mythologize
  • perjure
  • venality
  • weasel words
  • white lie
  • whopper
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Manners & levels of formality
(Definition ofimproprietyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

impropriety| American Dictionary

impropriety
noun[C/U]
us
/ˌɪm·prəˈprɑɪ·ɪ·t̬i/
dishonestbehavior, or adishonestact:
[U]He said heregrettedtheappearanceof impropriety andresigned.
[C]There have beenchargesoffinancialimproprieties.
(Definition ofimproprietyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

impropriety| Business English

impropriety
noun[CorU]
uk
/ˌɪmprəˈpraɪəti/us
pluralimproprieties
behaviourthat isdishonestor notacceptablein aparticularsituation:
accounting/financialimproprieties
Thecompanydeniesallegationsof improprietyinvolvingitscoppertrades.
(Definition ofimproprietyfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimpropriety

impropriety
Tumusiime was taken to court, but to the utter chagrin of parliamentarians he was acquitted of charges of running down the corporation and financialimpropriety.
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The others were found guilty of financialimproprietyor negligence causing losses of revenue to the state.
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As a consequence of the improprieties and losses of the funds, the industry's reputation suffered for several years.
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Perversely his practices made it difficult for any authority to accuse him ofimpropriety.
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Like others, she felt theimproprietyof making her suffering known.
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This explains, in part, why neither the medium nor her spirit were charged withimpropriety.
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The great sin of the orator, as for the architect, is to be guilty of improprium,impropriety(viii.2.3-4).
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This clear rule would help bypass concerns about coercion, motivation, violations of bodily integrity, intrusions upon autonomy, and other indicia of possibleimpropriety.
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In that sense, no issue ofimpropriety, much less illegality, can possibly arise.
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He is a man who has left teaching, having been hounded out after unfair allegations ofimproprietywith a male pupil.
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At least one of them hasimproprietyone because it is joined with a vertex of the same colour not lying on the outer cycle.
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The ' disorder ' is theimproprietyof a man of low rank addressing a group of gentlemen and courtiers in person, demanding their attention for his subject without any opening remarks.
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Acknowledging theimproprietyof her taking possession in secular dress, he recommended that she proceed from novitiate to profession within two days and despatched the garments necessary for her vesture.
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I do not suggest that there is anyimproprietyin that for a moment.
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I do not claim that the information is anything more than anecdotal, and certainly there has been noimpropriety; but there is a problem.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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