Word · Frequency #23140
indecently
下流地；猥亵地；不体面地
in an indecent manner
- 1.
In an indecent manner.
以不雅的方式。
- 2.
To an extreme degree.
极度地。
不适当地；不合适地；以不雅的方式。；极度地。；下流；举止粗鄙
In use
He was criticized for behaving indecently at the office party.
She told him to stop talking indecently in front of the children.
The appointment was set indecently early in the morning.
indecently + verb
He was charged with indecently exposing himself in the park.
他被指控在公园里猥亵地暴露自己。
indecently + adjective/adverb
此处的 indecently 表示“过分地；不合适地”，是非正式用法。
They arrived indecently early for the party.
他们来聚会来得早得不合时宜。
Common mistakes
She wore an indecently dress to the party.She wore an indecent dress to the party.
副词 indecently 不能作定语修饰名词 dress；名词前需要形容词 indecent，因此应改为 indecent dress。
He behaved indecent at the meeting.He behaved indecently at the meeting.
behaved 是实义动词，需要副词来修饰，形容词 indecent 不能作状语；应使用副词 indecently。
Connections
Collocations
- indecently dressed
- 穿着暴露；衣着有伤风化
- The museum guard asked the visitor to leave because she was indecently dressed.博物馆保安要求那位访客离开，因为她穿着暴露。
- indecently expose oneself
- 猥亵暴露自己；当众裸露身体
- He was fined for indecently exposing himself on the beach.他因在海滩上猥亵暴露自己而被罚款。
- indecently assault someone
- 猥亵某人；对某人实施猥亵
- The manager was arrested for indecently assaulting a staff member.这名经理因猥亵一名员工而被捕。
- behave indecently
- 行为不检；举止粗鄙
- The principal sent the student home for behaving indecently at the school dance.校长因该学生在学校舞会上行为不检而让他回了家。
- indecently early
- （非正式）早得不合时宜；过早
- My neighbours started drilling at an indecently early hour.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
in- 否定 + decently 体面地 = 不体面地。联想有人当众说脏话、举止猥亵，就是 indecently。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：法律/正式书面语、日常非正式口语 该词在不同语境中语体不同：正式或法律场合多指“下流地、猥亵地、不体面地”；非正式口语中可指“不适当地、不合适地”。使用时宜根据语境区分。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正押韵的是 decently 和 recently，它们与 indecently 从重读元音 /iː/ 到词尾都是 /iːsəntli/。拼写相似的 innocently、frequently、silently、magnificently 发音并不同：innocently 的重读元音是 /ɪ/，frequently 后面的 /kw/ 与 /s/ 不同，silently 是 /aɪ/，magnificently 的重音和元音均不同，因此都不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.