请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 un-American
释义

Definition of un-American in English:

un-American

adjective
  • 1Not in accordance with American characteristics.

    such un-American concepts as subsidized medicine and free education
    Example sentencesExamples
    • But for all his un-American origins, there was one thing wholeheartedly American about Pulitzer.
    • So, secondly, it's really un-American; it's a break with American values.
    • My guest tonight says it is un-American in his view to deny these children American citizenship.
    • New Orleans' embrace of suffering also makes it the most un-American of American cities.
    • Such wars are completely alien to the spirit of America held by most people, i.e., they're un-American.
    • I thought it was kind of unusual that John Mellencamp after 21 albums would be labeled un-American after 21 albums of American songs.
    • When the tumult died and the gold dust settled, in continuance of a trend that feels at once deeply American and deeply un-American, loners, outsiders, misfits, deviants and freaks ruled the day at the 2003 Sundance film festival.
    • To oppose the drift of history is to invite a charge of treason, to be characterised as un-Australian, un-American or unpatriotic.
    • Though expressive of the secular modernist gospel, this is an un-American concept, with un-American consequences.
    • All the timidity this engenders, all this watching your mouth has started to feel positively un-American.
    • The problem is, American politics are un-American.
    • By doing so, these films attempted to redraw the line between American and un-American not along racial lines, as it was then being framed within the public debate, but rather along the lines of personal value judgments.
    • One of the interesting reactions to my work in jury nullification is that when I advocate selective nullification by African Americans is that it's somehow wrong because it's un-American.
    • Harry's world is an un-American place (even after the American publisher has cleaned up the language).
    • He's the honorary American composer, never mind how genuinely un-American especially the quartet is.
    • The audience for these un-American stories is becoming more and more American.
    • It shows how deeply un-American America has become.
    • However, eroding the basic civil rights of any Americans is simply un-American.
    • We shall oppose for re-election all who in the white house or in congress betray American liberty in pursuit of un-American ends.
    • I am also sure that many people will attack the fact that you are Puerto Rican, of course, they will say that you are un-American not realizing that Puerto Rico is an American commonwealth.
    1. 1.1US historical Contrary to the interests of the US and therefore treasonable.
      some American artists were denounced as un-American
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The feeling is starting to bubble up elsewhere, too, among people who feel that what Darby did was unpatriotic, un-American, even faintly treasonous.
      • There was nothing aberrant about this, nothing outre or un-American; quite the contrary.
      • For a time, a time that is not entirely past, voicing dissent was viewed as treasonous or un-American.
      • Dissent is un-American and therefore justifiably punished by a fine.
      • It goes against the values of the Constitution, the foundation on which our country was built, and is therefore un-American.

Derivatives

  • un-Americanism

  • noun
    • Nowhere has your un-Americanism been more poignantly explained and demonstrated than on the New York Times opinion pages over the last two days.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The ignorance and un-Americanism that filled this comment is astounding.
      • The drama darkens, of course, John Rankin and J. Parnell Thomas ride into the golden shtetl to accuse them, with their swimming pools and yachts and second, younger, gentile trophy wives, of un-Americanism.
      • Do these polls demonstrate un-Americanism?
      • In light of the Palmer Raids and the growing belief that ‘outsiders’ were threatening American institutions, the steel strike became a symbol of un-Americanism, not of a legitimate battle between labor and capital.
 
 

Definition of un-American in US English:

un-American

adjectiveˌənəˈmerəkənˌənəˈmɛrəkən
  • 1Not in accordance with American characteristics.

    such un-American concepts as subsidized medicine
    Example sentencesExamples
    • We shall oppose for re-election all who in the white house or in congress betray American liberty in pursuit of un-American ends.
    • I thought it was kind of unusual that John Mellencamp after 21 albums would be labeled un-American after 21 albums of American songs.
    • I am also sure that many people will attack the fact that you are Puerto Rican, of course, they will say that you are un-American not realizing that Puerto Rico is an American commonwealth.
    • When the tumult died and the gold dust settled, in continuance of a trend that feels at once deeply American and deeply un-American, loners, outsiders, misfits, deviants and freaks ruled the day at the 2003 Sundance film festival.
    • Though expressive of the secular modernist gospel, this is an un-American concept, with un-American consequences.
    • The problem is, American politics are un-American.
    • So, secondly, it's really un-American; it's a break with American values.
    • To oppose the drift of history is to invite a charge of treason, to be characterised as un-Australian, un-American or unpatriotic.
    • One of the interesting reactions to my work in jury nullification is that when I advocate selective nullification by African Americans is that it's somehow wrong because it's un-American.
    • Such wars are completely alien to the spirit of America held by most people, i.e., they're un-American.
    • However, eroding the basic civil rights of any Americans is simply un-American.
    • Harry's world is an un-American place (even after the American publisher has cleaned up the language).
    • My guest tonight says it is un-American in his view to deny these children American citizenship.
    • It shows how deeply un-American America has become.
    • But for all his un-American origins, there was one thing wholeheartedly American about Pulitzer.
    • He's the honorary American composer, never mind how genuinely un-American especially the quartet is.
    • New Orleans' embrace of suffering also makes it the most un-American of American cities.
    • By doing so, these films attempted to redraw the line between American and un-American not along racial lines, as it was then being framed within the public debate, but rather along the lines of personal value judgments.
    • All the timidity this engenders, all this watching your mouth has started to feel positively un-American.
    • The audience for these un-American stories is becoming more and more American.
    1. 1.1US historical Contrary to the interests of the US and therefore treasonable.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The feeling is starting to bubble up elsewhere, too, among people who feel that what Darby did was unpatriotic, un-American, even faintly treasonous.
      • Dissent is un-American and therefore justifiably punished by a fine.
      • It goes against the values of the Constitution, the foundation on which our country was built, and is therefore un-American.
      • For a time, a time that is not entirely past, voicing dissent was viewed as treasonous or un-American.
      • There was nothing aberrant about this, nothing outre or un-American; quite the contrary.
 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 23:03:13