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

• 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。
• Laws concerning obscenity, indecency, and violence.
  有关淫秽、猥亵和暴力的法津。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• If there is indecency to be found, she is the root.
  如果存在罪恶，她就是根源。
• 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。
• 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。
• It is the boot sector that introduces OS into a bare computer. It carried naked truth about his motives into indecency.
  引导扇区实现了由裸机到操作系统的过渡。这里面暴露了他的赤裸裸的动机，竟达到有失体统的地步。
• A thing is indecent if by reason of indecency it is not suitable to be published to a juvenile.
  一件物件如因其属于不雅而不宜向青少年发行者，是谓之不雅。