| 单词 | inelegant |
| 释义 | inelegant (once / 8283 pages) adj Something that's inelegant isn't polished or cultured, but instead is awkward, rude, or ungraceful. Your loud footsteps clomping down the hall of a palace as you race to meet the Queen are inelegant. Your inelegant tap dance probably won't win first prize in the school talent show, and your brother's inelegant behavior might get him thrown out of an extremely formal party. In both cases, the required amount of grace just isn't present — in your brother's case, it might be his inelegant laughter or his inelegant clothing that cause him trouble. The Latin root, inelegantem, means "without taste" or "without judgment." WORD FAMILYinelegant: inelegance, ineleganter, inelegantly+/elegance: elegances/elegant: elegance, eleganter, elegantest, elegantly, inelegant/inelegance: inelegances USAGE EXAMPLESSometimes it is very important to be awkward, inelegant, jerking, to be neither poetic nor prosaic, to be positively bad. The Guardian(Oct 29, 2016) The American team used the inelegant term “partial helper” to describe its assistants in the 1990s. New York Times(Sep 29, 2016) For a career that was propelled by a relentless pursuit of elegance, it was an inelegant finale. Economist(Sep 29, 2016) adj lacking in refinement or grace or good taste Syn|Ant undignified lacking dignity gauche, graceless, unpolishedlacking social polish homelywithout artificial refinement or elegance unrefined(used of persons and their behavior) not refined; uncouth tactless, untactfullacking or showing a lack of what is fitting and considerate in dealing with others tastelesslacking aesthetic or social taste elegant refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style dignifiedhaving or expressing dignity; especially formality or stateliness in bearing or appearance dandified, dandyish, foppishaffecting extreme elegance in dress and manner de luxe, deluxe, luxeelegant and sumptuous finecharacterized by elegance or refinement or accomplishment high-class, high-tonedpretentiously elegant exquisite, recherchelavishly elegant and refined neat, refined, tastefulfree from what is tawdry or unbecoming ritzyluxuriously elegant soigne, soigneepolished and well-groomed; showing sophisticated elegance gracefulcharacterized by beauty of movement, style, form, or execution refined(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel sophisticatedhaving or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir-faire tastefulhaving or showing or conforming to good taste |
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