impropriety
noun [uncountable, countable](plural improprieties)
(formal)behaviour or actions that are dishonest, morally wrong or not appropriate for a person in a position of responsibility （身居要职者）不诚实（或不正当、不合适）的行为举止 There was no evidence of impropriety. 没有行为不当的证据。 accusations of financial impropriety 对财务不当的指控 He said that he would resign his post if the public felt he had engaged in improprieties. 他说，如果公众认为他有不当行为，他将辞职。
Extra ExamplesParliament was was accused of constitutional impropriety. 议会被指控违反宪法。 There is no suggestion of impropriety by the minister. 没有发现部长行为不端的任何迹象。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- financial
- procedural
- sexual
- …
- commit
- accuse somebody of
- a suggestion of impropriety
Word Originearly 17th cent. (also in the sense ‘inaccuracy’): from French impropriété or Latin improprietas, from improprius, from in- ‘not’ + proprius ‘one's own, proper’.