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

• It would be wrong to suggest that police officers were not annoyed by acts of indecency
  要是认为警官对粗鄙行为不气不恼，那可就错了。
• It is recognized just as much as they are& in theory, on paper. We should admit the theoretic and practical value that the coercive indecency and insulting offence against female assume as a kind of crime of tendency.
  它和其它道德标准一样&在理论上，在字面上，也是被承认的。应当承认强制猥亵、侮辱妇女罪作为倾向犯的理论与实践价值。
• 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 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。
• 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。
• If there is indecency to be found, she is the root.
  如果存在罪恶，她就是根源。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。