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单词 indiscreet
释义
indiscreet
adjective
uk
/ˌɪn.dɪˈskriːt/us
/ˌɪn.dɪˈskriːt/
saying or doing things thattellpeoplethings that should besecretor thatembarrasspeople:
轻率的，不慎重的；言行失检的
In an indiscreetmoment, thepresidentlethisgenuineopinionsbeknown.总统一时不慎讲了他的真实看法。
They have beenratherindiscreetabouttheiraffair.他们对他俩私通一事并不避人耳目。
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indiscreetly
(Definition ofindiscreetfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

indiscreet| American Dictionary

indiscreet
adjective
us
/ˌɪn·dɪˈskrit/
notcarefulin saying or doing things that should bekeptsecret:
It was indiscreet of you tomentiontheparty– she hasn’t beeninvited.
(Definition ofindiscreetfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofindiscreet

indiscreet
The author explained how 'one young lady slipped and fell on the ground in the middle of the plaza in plain view of many curious,indiscreetonlookers'.
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I think also of theindiscreetsupporter, he may be on one side or the other, whose zeal outruns his discretion.
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He had beenindiscreet, but, then, indiscretion is not generally the characteristic of a secret agent.
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This may be called by some anindiscreetspeech, but is it not anindiscreetattitude that this country is taking up?
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They may even have beenindiscreettwenty-seven years ago.
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I may beindiscreetin making my next observation: the pleasures which they hold out to the different classes also differ in peculiar ways.
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I think there is nothingindiscreetin giving some figures.
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Since we are now in a situation of having happily come to accord, perhaps we can be slightly moreindiscreetthan we might otherwise be.
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If he is soindiscreetas to have his wife with him, away goes the lodging and provision allowance.
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Are they afraid he will say somethingindiscreet?
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We are always at a great disadvantage in discussing these questions of naval expenditure, because it isindiscreetto come to realities.
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It is perhapsindiscreetto refer to this dispute.
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They should not beindiscreetin dealing with matters of great importance as far as morality is concerned.
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I know that he would never be soindiscreetor ill-advised as to make a statement of that kind.
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All of us, myself included, have beenindiscreetsometimes.
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