indecency

英 [ɪnˈdiːsnsi]

美 [ɪnˈdiːsnsi]

n.  下流的行为; 猥亵; 下流的动作(或表情等)

复数：indecencies　

法律

BNC.20871 / COCA.22897

牛津词典

noun

• 下流的行为；猥亵
  behaviour that is thought to be morally or sexually offensive
  1. an act of gross indecency (= a sexual act that is a criminal offence)
     严重猥亵（罪）
• 下流的动作（或表情等）
  an indecent act, expression, etc.

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 下流;有伤风化;猥亵
  If you talk about theindecencyof something or someone, you are indicating that you find them morally or sexually offensive.
  1. ...the indecency of their language.
     他们言语粗俗
• N-UNCOUNT 非法性行为
  In law, an act ofindecencyis an illegal sexual act.
  1. They were found guilty of acts of gross indecency.
     他们因存在严重猥亵行为而被判有罪。

英英释义

noun

• an indecent or improper act
  Synonym:impropriety
• the quality of being indecent

双语例句

• We watched his legendary performance on The Ed Sullivan Show together, and laughed when the cameras cut off his lower body movements to protect us from the indecency.
  我们一起看了他在“埃德。萨利文秀”中的表演，当表现他下身动作的镜头被切换以避免我们看到不雅的场面时，我们都笑了起来。
• The Supreme Court said in August that it had found Arnada guilty of violating the predominantly Muslim nation's indecency laws, overruling an earlier acquittal.
  最高法院八月说，它已经裁决阿纳达因违反穆斯林为主的国家的法律而有罪，推翻先前的无罪释放。
• The older one grows the more one likes indecency ( Virginia Woolf)
  人愈老愈喜欢粗鄙的言行（弗吉尼亚沃尔夫）
• These programmes must pass the muster of conservative watchdog groups on the look-out for any signs of indecency.
  这些节目必须符合保守监督群体制定的规定，不能有丝毫下流的镜头。
• From a first amendment perspective, there simply can be no government-selected "bad words." indecency law has provided a haven for censorship, but that haven may be crumbling.
  从宪法第一修正案来看，根本不存在经过政府选择的“脏话”。不良信息法律为审查制度提供了一个避难所，但是这个避难所将会被摧毁。
• The wild thought came to me that he was proposing some form of gross indecency with a corpse.
  我突然间有种疯狂的想法：他想要对一具尸体做出粗鄙的猥亵行为。
• Inmates who encourage women into acts of indecency can lose their visitation privileges for weeks, Wedding said.
  伟丁指出，鼓动妇女做出下流动作的囚犯将失去数周的被探视权利。
• Indecency law, in contrast, neither requires that the material be taken as a whole, nor exempts work with serious value.
  相反，不良信息法律，既不从总体上要求，也不其考虑其是否有严肃的价值。
• When Australian actress and swimmer Annette Kellerman sported a one-piece in Boston in 1907, the police arrested her for indecency.
  1907年，澳大利亚演员兼游泳运动员安妮特凯勒曼在波士顿惹人注目地身穿连体泳衣时，警方以不雅罪为由将其逮捕。
• They were found guilty of acts of gross indecency.
  他们因存在严重猥亵行为而被判有罪。