becoming

基本词汇

英 [bɪˈkʌmɪŋ]

美 [bɪˈkʌmɪŋ]

adj.合适的；适当的；好看的

副词: becomingly 名词: becomingness

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adj.(形容词)

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n.(名词)

adj

1. displaying or setting off to best advantage

e.g. a becoming new shade of rose
a becoming portrait

2. according with custom or propriety

e.g. her becoming modesty
comely behavior
it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money
a decent burial
seemly behavior

Synonym: comelycomme il fautdecentdecorousseemly

1. （衣服、颜色、发型等）合适的，相配的，好看的
A piece of clothing, a colour, or a hairstyle that is becoming makes the person who is wearing it look attractive.

e.g. Softer fabrics are much more becoming than stiffer ones.
软面料要比硬面料合身得多。

becomingly
Her dress was of blue silk, quite light, and becomingly open at the neck.
她的连衣裙是蓝丝绸的，分量很轻，领口开得非常漂亮。

2. （行为）得体的，适宜的
Behaviour that is becoming is appropriate and proper in the circumstances.

e.g. This behaviour is not any more becoming among our politicians than it is among our voters.
这种行为对于我们的政治家和选民来说都不合适。

We are so much older..that it isn't becoming to talk of childish matters.
出自：L. M. Montgomery
In their crisp and becoming uniforms, they appear as beautiful young women.
出自：W. C. Williams
Her hair is permanently waved in whatever fashion is declared to be the most becoming.
出自：I. Murdoch
Wren's sense of becoming conformity in putting Tom Tower on Cardinal Wolsey's gatehouse at Christ Church.
出自：N. Pevsner
Selfcommand and a fine sense of the becoming.
出自：absol.

考研真题例句 OG 1.becoming

A toothy grin was not a becoming look for properly bred persons.

对有教养的人来说，呲牙咧嘴而笑的样子不得体。

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