indiscreet

adjective

/ˌɪndɪˈskriːt/

(disapproving)

Word Family

not careful about what you say or do, especially when you reveal something secret or something that could be embarrassing or offensive不慎重的；不审慎的；鲁莽的
- One indiscreet comment could spoil the whole thing.一个轻率的评论可能会破坏整个事情。
- it is indiscreet (of somebody) (to do something) It was indiscreet of him to disclose that information.他透露那个信息是不明智的。
opposite discreet
词源late Middle English (originally as indiscrete in the sense ‘lacking judgement’): from late Latin indiscretus ‘not separate or distinguishable’ (in medieval Latin ‘careless, indiscreet’), from in- ‘not’ + discretus ‘separate’ (past participle of discernere ‘discern’, the sense arising from late Latin discretio ‘separation’, from discernere, from dis- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘to separate’).

词汇	indiscreet
释义	indiscreet adjective /ˌɪndɪˈskriːt/ /ˌɪndɪˈskriːt/ (disapproving) Word Family discreet adjective (≠ indiscreet) discretion noun (≠ indiscretion) not careful about what you say or do, especially when you reveal something secret or something that could be embarrassing or offensive不慎重的；不审慎的；鲁莽的 One indiscreet comment could spoil the whole thing.一个轻率的评论可能会破坏整个事情。 it is indiscreet (of somebody) (to do something) It was indiscreet of him to disclose that information.他透露那个信息是不明智的。 opposite discreet 词源late Middle English (originally as indiscrete in the sense ‘lacking judgement’): from late Latin indiscretus ‘not separate or distinguishable’ (in medieval Latin ‘careless, indiscreet’), from in- ‘not’ + discretus ‘separate’ (past participle of discernere ‘discern’, the sense arising from late Latin discretio ‘separation’, from discernere, from dis- ‘apart’ + cernere ‘to separate’).
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