unacceptable

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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++un·ac·cept·a·ble /ˌʌnəkˈseptəbəl◂/ adjective STAND/BEARsomething that is unacceptable is so wrong or bad that you think it should not be allowed 不能接受的 I found her attitude totally unacceptable. 我觉得她的态度让人完全不能接受。 unacceptable levels of pollution 无法容忍的污染程度unacceptable to The recommendations from this report are unacceptable to many black people. 这份报告中提出的建议让很多黑人无法接受。unacceptable to do something It was socially unacceptable to discuss sex then. 那时候谈论性的问题不为社会所接受。 —unacceptably adverb Unemployment is unacceptably high. 失业率奇高。

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unacceptable• Thus such ceremonials do not violate the First Amendment unless the language used in them is unacceptable.• To some, they were crude, rude, and socially unacceptable.• McCartney's response is totally unacceptable.• Most women said they thought the ruling was unfair and unacceptable.• We regard the idea of being able to choose the sex of your baby as wholly unacceptable.• If so, that is unacceptable.• It was the manner in which such a sacred subject was interpreted which was unacceptable.• The foregoing justification of induction is quite unacceptable, as David Hume conclusively demonstrated as long ago as the mid-eighteenth century.• It simply states that present proposals are unacceptable because they do not retain a fair and equitable trading system.• unacceptable behavior• In the short run, it made many black artists unacceptable on urban stations.• Any great degree of such aortic valve incompetence will place an unacceptable work-load on the heart, with resulting heart failure.unacceptable to• More importantly, it is unacceptable to construct data that are available by direct inquiry.• It would be politically unacceptable to exempt Enterprise Zones from their restrictions.• That would be detrimental to children in my constituency, unfair to parents and unacceptable to me.• Capital punishment was unacceptable to the ancient church.• But House leaders said the combined legislation includes language on abortion and other issues unacceptable to the lower chamber.• The treaty was there-fore unacceptable to the other Arab states, who vigorously denounced Sadat.• This may be unacceptable to the vendor.• That too is unacceptable to us.