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

• 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）
• Laws concerning obscenity, indecency, and violence.
  有关淫秽、猥亵和暴力的法津。
• In this column, I'll explain why indecency law has always been on extremely tenuous ground, from a constitutional perspective.
  在这个专栏，我将解释为什么从宪法角度来说不良法律立基不稳。
• 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。
• For a moment she suspected herself of having committed an indecency.
  有一会儿，她疑心自己做了什么不体面的事。
• The coercive indecency and insulting offence against female are not crime of tendency.
  强制猥亵、侮辱妇女罪不是倾向犯。
• 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。
• He's been charged of menacing and public indecency.
  他已经受到恐吓和公然猥亵罪的指控。
• A Sudanese court convicted seven men of indecency Wednesday after police accused them of wearing makeup during a fashion show in Khartoum, Sudan.
  苏丹一个法庭当日判决7名男子“猥亵罪”，原因是警察指控他们在首都喀土穆的一场时尚秀中化了妆。