not conforming with generally accepted standards of behaviour or propriety; obscene 下流的,猥亵的 the film was grossly indecent. 这部电影下流不堪。 ■not appropriate or fitting 不适当的,不适宜的 they leaped on the suggestion with indecent haste. 他们匆忙提出建议,很不适当。
派生 indecently adverb 语源
late 16th cent.: from French indécent or Latin indecent-, from in- 'not' + decent- 'being fitting' (see decent)