Word · Frequency #20871
indecency
不雅；粗鄙；猥亵
核心释义
指性质或状态
the quality of being indecent
- 1.
缺乏体面；不雅；下流。
Lack of decency; the property or degree of being indecent.
- 2.
不雅的事物；下流的言行。
Something showing lack of decency; something (such as a word) that is indecent.
猥亵行为；下流行径；缺乏体面；不雅；下流。；不雅的事物；下流的言行。；无礼；猥亵；[法] 粗野
用法In use
The coach was upset by the indecency of the players' language during the match.
用法提示：indecency是名词，指“不雅、粗鄙”的性质，这里作介词of的宾语。
The show was taken off the air after viewers complained about its indecency.
用法提示：indecency作不可数名词，表示“猥亵、下流”这一整体性质，是about的宾语。
The principal warned that any indecencies would result in detention.
用法提示：indecencies是indecency的复数形式，作可数名词，指“不雅行为、下流举动”。
be charged with indecency
法律语境常用，指因猥亵或不雅行为被起诉。
He was charged with indecency.
他被指控犯有猥亵行为。
an act of indecency
act of indecency 是正式用语，指一件具体的不雅或猥亵行为。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- public indecency
- 公共场合猥亵
- He was arrested for public indecency.他因公共场合猥亵被捕。
- gross indecency
- 严重猥亵（罪）
- Gross indecency was once a crime in the UK.严重猥亵曾被视为英国的犯罪行为。
- act of indecency
- 猥亵行为
- She reported an act of indecency to the police.她向警方举报了一起猥亵行为。
- moral indecency
- 道德败坏
- The film was criticized for its moral indecency.这部电影因道德败坏而受到批评。
- indecency laws
- 猥亵相关法律
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
把 indecency 拆成 in（否定）+ decency（得体），不得体就是不雅；想象衣冠不整、言行粗俗的样子，记住这个词。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：正式文书、法律文书、严肃讨论 该词多用于正式或法律语境，指不雅、猥亵的状态或行为；日常口语中通常用其他更常见的词代替。
语法说明Grammar Note
表示‘猥亵、粗鲁的性质’时通常不可数；表示具体的无礼行为时可数，复数形式为 indecencies。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
decency rhymes with the target (stressed /ˈdiːsənsi/ matches the target's final /diːsənsi/). The other words share the spelling suffix -ency and the unstressed /ənsi/ ending, but their stressed vowels or syllable patterns differ, so they are pattern lookalikes rather than rhymes.
一起学习词形Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.