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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++in·de·cent /ɪnˈdiːsənt/ adjective  1 RUDE/OBSCENEsomething that is indecent is shocking and offensive, usually because it involves sex or shows parts of the body that are usually covered 下流的,猥亵的 He was found guilty of possessing indecent photographs. 他被判藏有淫秽照片罪。 You can’t go out in that dress – it’s positively indecent! 你不能穿那种衣服外出——太不雅观了!2 RIGHT/PROPERcompletely unacceptable 〔完全〕不合适的,不适当的 The funeral formalities were performed with almost indecent haste. 葬礼草草了事,几乎不成体统。indecently adverb an indecently short skirt 短得不成样子的裙子
Examples from the Corpus
indecentThe prices they charge for this food are indecent.You can't wear that dress to the dinner party -- it's positively indecent!It is an offence under railway bye-laws to be disorderly, offensive or indecent in a station.It is still an offence to use obscene, profane or indecent language in an Aberdeen street.Woodall said the man also took an indecent photo of the child.Models were forced into all sorts of indecent poses for the camera.It was indecent, surely, to stand like this, in public, and feel so alive and so excited?Second, where right-minded observers would agree that the conduct was indecent, that would be an indecent assault.Nearly all their offerings are considered indecent under the 1996 law.indecent hasteNo hurry: no indecent haste.The boundaries make sense, but there is an air of indecent haste about the timetables.
in·de·cent adjectiveChineseSyllable
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indecent
indecent /ɪnˈdiːsənt/ adjective
1. something that is indecent is shocking and offensive, usually because it involves sex or shows parts of the body that are usually covered:
    He was found guilty of possessing indecent photographs.
    You can’t go out in that dress – it’s positively indecent!
2. completely unacceptable:
    The funeral formalities were performed with almost indecent haste.
—indecently adverb:
    an indecently short skirt


in·decentBrE /ɪnˈdiːsnt/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈdiːsnt/ 🔊 adjective(of behaviour, talk, etc. 行为、讲话等) thought to be morally offensive, especially because it involves sex or being naked 下流的;有伤风化的;猥亵的indecent conduct/photos下流的行为;淫秽的照片   compare decent (of clothes 衣服) showing parts of the body that are usually covered 过分暴露的That skirt of hers is positively indecent. 她的那条裙子太暴露了。🔊🔊not done in the appropriate or usual amount of time 不合时宜的;不适当的They left the funeral with almost indecent haste (= too quickly). 他们离开葬礼时仓促得近乎失礼。🔊🔊 in·decent·ly BrE /ɪnˈdiːsntli/ 🔊NAmE /ɪnˈdiːsntli/ 🔊 adverbHe was charged with indecently assaulting five women. 他被控猥亵五名妇女。🔊🔊