seemly
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英 ['si?ml?]
美
- adj. 適當的；有禮的；好看的
- adv. 適合地；得體地
暢通詞匯GRE
中文詞源
seemly 得體的，合乎體禮的
來自 seem 古義，使合適，使匹配，使合乎舉止，-ly,形容詞后綴。
英文詞源
- seemly (adj.)
- "of pleasing or good appearance," also "proper, tasteful, decorous," early 13c., semlich, from Old Norse soemiligr "becoming, honorable," from soemr (see seem). Related: Seemliness. Old Norse also had soemleitr "fine to look at."
雙語例句
- 1. Self-assertion was not thought seemly in a woman.
- 人們認為女性不應該過于自信。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Control yourself , sir. These outbursts of petulance are not seemly.
- 您哪, 就克制點吧. 這么使性子可不像話.
來自辭典例句
- 3. We no longer pay a seemly deference to our superiors.
- 我們對長者再沒有一點點推崇.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Chewing gum on a train is not seemly in a lady.
- 淑女在火車上嚼口香糖不太雅觀.
來自辭典例句
- 5. I'd stint myself to keep you both in a genteel and seemly style.
- 我會節衣縮食來讓你們倆過一種上流社會的體面生活.
來自辭典例句