Improper

(adj.) not appropriate for a purpose or occasion; 'said all the wrong things' .

(adj.) not suitable or right or appropriate; 'slightly improper to dine alone with a married man'; 'improper medication'; 'improper attire for the golf course' .

(adj.) not conforming to legality, moral law, or social convention; 'an unconventional marriage'; 'improper banking practices' .

手打:莫林

• Thus it appears, that the principle, which opposes our passion, cannot be the same with reason, and is only called so in an improper sense. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• The higher his deserts, the more improper for me ever to have thought of him. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• It was dreadfully improper, I know, but I couldn't resist the temptation, and lifting one end of the curtain before the glass door, I peeped in. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• The affected anxiety of the lawgiver, lest they should employ an improper person, is evidently as impertinent as it is oppressive. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Nothing could be more improper than the whole business. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• She must have felt the improper and dangerous distinction. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• He was of opinion that it was improper, and that they were naturally unequal to it. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Improper influence! 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Nothing was more improper for them. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Why are you tearing about the streets,' said Mr. Gradgrind, 'in this improper manner? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• Forming an opinion of our people and their manners by what is seen among the inhabitants of the seaports, is judging from an improper sample. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• I call it improper pride to let fools' notions hinder you from doing a good action. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• But let me tell you one thing, Aunt: Mr. Wildeve is not a profligate man, any more than I am an improper woman. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Secondly, it seems, on this account, altogether improper to consider artificers, manufacturers, and merchants, in the same light as menial servants. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• In the last chapter of the fourth book, I shall endeavour to shew that their sense is an improper one. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• If bounties are as improper as I have endeavoured to prove them to be, the sooner they cease, and the lower they are, so much the better. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• As this opinion may appear somewhat extraordinary, it may not be improper to confirm it by some other considerations. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Her own behaviour had been so very improper! 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Such obstinacy could not be unless you were under improper influence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• You have shewn that you can dance, and you know we are not really so much brother and sister as to make it at all improper. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• And away went Meg to help 'that man' in his highly improper employment. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Do not act anything improper, my dear, said Lady Bertram. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Men were brought to feel that they were as improper without a nationality as without their clothes in a crowded assembly. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• The company had been suspected of restraining the trade and of establishing some sort of improper monopoly. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• This was highly improper and very ungentlemanlike on your part! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• What was _strange_ must be _wrong_; what was _unusual_ must be _improper_. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Indeed he has no improper pride. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Possibly it may be thought that our party tarried too long, or did other improper things, but such was not the case. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• It is highly improper. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.

编辑:迈尔斯