| 单词 | unpunctual |
| 例句 | After a little while Mr. Gatz opened the door and came out, his mouth ajar, his face flushed slightly, his eyes leaking isolated and unpunctual tears. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z I glanced at Herbert’s home, and at his character, and at his having no means but such as he was dependent on his father for; those, uncertain and unpunctual. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z Nimue, though scatterbrained and unpunctual, was a good girl in her way. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z I could be as unpunctual as I like — there is no law requiring me to be on time — or when I have to cancel something, I could just neglect to inform the people waiting. The final definitive case for why you should never recline your seat on an airplane 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z Mr. Biden’s championing of the science post and its unpunctual start have raised a number of questions: What do White House science advisers actually do? Biden Has Elevated the Job of Science Adviser. Is That What Science Needs? 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z I came to think that, were O’Brien given a choice between a punctual guest and a mortified, unpunctual one, she would opt for the latter. Edna O’Brien Is Still Writing About Women on the Run 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z Scott Duimstra, senior associate director for the library system, says there’s no way to tell which unpunctual patron returned the books because the library doesn’t keep records from 1976. 2 books returned to Lansing library 40 years after due date 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Guardian is routinely unpunctual and speaks off the cuff with enough dash that Chris Filiciello, his chief of staff, usually sticks close to keep watch. The Fight to Save Atlantic City 2015-09-07T04:00:00Z But there's nothing to laugh at in a train being always unpunctual. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z At present you may truly say that I am going ahead, for I alone of the suite have arrived, and my master, by being unpunctual, has lost a day of fair wind. Tennyson and His Friends 2011-12-28T03:00:32.373Z The heat was something awful, as the house was packed, and as at all amateur performances they were unpunctual, and there were terribly long intervals. Italian Letters of a Diplomat's Life January-May, 1880; February-April, 1904 2011-11-10T03:00:11.267Z "I have known unpunctual people as late on great occasions as on small." Left to Ourselves or, John Headley's Promise. 2011-10-05T02:00:17.183Z He had made the acquaintance of the captain and the engineer of the vessel from which the boat came, and he did not want to be found waiting for his unpunctual crew. The Coast of Adventure 2011-10-03T02:00:25.810Z Sir James was sometimes unpunctual, and on those days the birds thoroughly enjoyed themelves. The Strange Story Book 2011-09-15T02:00:13.747Z He was a little unpunctual; but she waited for him, and they sat down as soon as he came in. The Bigamist 2011-08-31T02:01:34.797Z He is very unpunctual in his attendance at the office, and very careless and idle when he is there. Salome 2011-08-20T02:00:12.970Z They had become thoroughly unsettled, and accustomed to careless, unpunctual ways. Jill's Red Bag 2011-08-13T02:00:21.893Z Everything waited for him—for he was not unpunctual—the letters, the newspaper and the breakfast. Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 150, May 31, 1916 2011-08-09T02:00:23.527Z "It's not like Castellan to be unpunctual," said the Prime Minister. A Cabinet Secret 2011-07-31T02:00:10.693Z My friend Boycott is getting very unpunctual—a bad sign—a very bad sign.46 The unnaturalness of the two foregoing illustrations needs no comment. Dramatic Technique 2011-07-04T02:00:19.763Z Coleridge was unpunctual, unbusiness-like, improvident, and dreamy, to the full extent to which poets are said proverbially to be. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 2, September, 1851 2011-06-14T02:00:20.590Z “I’m the most unpunctual of human beings,” one such will be heard to say. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z It was June, that crowded month for him who has experimental fields; and small discomforts at home, such as ill-served, unpunctual meals and rooms growing steadily less dusted, at no time attracted his notice. The Pastor's Wife 2011-06-02T02:00:23.873Z Not at all," the Baron declares; "but my poor wife is proverbially unpunctual. Erlach Court 2011-03-12T03:00:24.407Z We hardly thought we should see you so soon, the trains here are so unpunctual. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z McTaggart counted the strokes and gave a sigh of relief not unmixed with amusement: the secret congratulation of an unpunctual man redeemed by an accident from the error of his ways. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z The unpunctual woman.As compared with a few particulars I have mentioned, the want of punctuality is a trifle, but it is sometimes productive of the most aggravating effects. A Word to Women 2011-06-08T02:00:18.457Z And so the Fiver became a brittle, snide, self-defeating unpunctual football email that failed to be funny. The Fiver 2010-09-29T15:13:00Z To people who have never been hungrier than an unpunctual cook can make them, the prospect of actual poverty is always rather sobering. "Pip" A Romance of Youth "Virgin modesty makes her unpunctual," said Belle, putting up his eye-glass. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories It was almost frightful to an unpunctual mind. Springtime and Other Essays What annoyed him was that she always kept him waiting, and was unpunctual in coming to their meeting-place; she was invariably late,—at times very late. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels This would lead one to infer that he was unpunctual; on the contrary, he was the spirit of punctuality. An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections To be unpunctual, or not to register early attendance, is to encourage laxity. The Boy's Voice A Book of Practical Information on The Training of Boys' Voices For Church Choirs, &c. As a general thing his careless nature made him unpunctual, and he had not infrequently kept opponents waiting for him when he had a duel on hand. Marguerite De Roberval A Romance of the Days of Jacques Cartier There was a long afternoon to be dragged through: then there was a school-room tea, nominally at six, really not until nearly seven, according to the lax and unpunctual fashion of the Heron family. Under False Pretences A Novel And her name sounds steady and neat, doesn't it? and yet of all the untidy, unpunctual—no, I mustn't let myself go like that. The Girls and I A Veracious History Guerdon is the most uncertain and unpunctual of men. The Moving Finger "The master and mistress have had their supper long ago," Friedrich took the liberty of remarking with a certain reproach--the young gentleman was really too unpunctual. The Son of His Mother His unpunctual and preoccupied manner sometimes created small distresses for his devoted friends to relieve. The Hound of Heaven "There is the rose of Rosendal, mother, and the jewel of Hardy Place," said Hardy to his mother, on his unpunctual return to lunch. A Danish Parsonage To be unpunctual is sometimes considered a mark of consequence by little great men, but the truly great have always thought differently. Life and Literature Over two thousand extracts from ancient and modern writers, and classified in alphabetical order Victor did not go with her, for the unpunctual May-fly was already on the river, and, since subsequent days had to be abandoned, he preferred to use these. Daisy's Aunt "You can't possibly expect to find a warm supper, when you come home so unpunctually." The Son of His Mother The teaching at Eton was 'wretched'; the hours irregular and very unpunctual; the classes were excessively large, and the tutorial instruction supposed to be given out of school frequently neglected. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice But in nine cases out of ten the restaurant fails you, sends uneatable food, is absurdly unpunctual or says plainly it can't be bothered. Home Life in Germany Therefore he would not, unless it was absolutely unavoidable, be unpunctual to engagements, or keep people waiting his pleasure. Lafayette While young boys were suited for the work in some respects, they were thoughtless and unpunctual; yet when older men were employed they frequently got into liquor, and thus endangered the mails. A Hundred Years by Post A Jubilee Retrospect I have grown accustomed to being the most unbusinesslike person in any given company; and it gave me a sort of dizzy exaltation to find I was not the most unpunctual person in that company. What I Saw in America It was almost frightful to an unpunctual mind! My Father as I Recall Him She had engaged each one to come two hours before dinner to make a quiet afternoon of it, and when she found them both unpunctual she wondered. The Faith Doctor A Story of New York He never mislaid the books, forgot, fumbled, or made a “loiter,” morantia, as they called it, when the office halted or was unpunctual. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England Here and there through the crowd worried and assertive literary individuals wandered, searching for invariably unpunctual publishers. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel But Lucy at last was unpunctual in her visits to the Wilderness. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 Others waited for unpunctual friends with protesting and frequent examination of their watches. The Man Who Knew The thought of being late to supper never worries them; the Filipino is notoriously unpunctual at meals. The Great White Tribe in Filipinia What a disgraceful thing it was for the Lilac to be so unpunctual. Seven Little People and their Friends Something will stand against your name, there, worse than a mark for being unpunctual. Hatty and Marcus or, First Steps in the Better Path Many good men quite fail to realize how selfish, practically, it is to be unpunctual. To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work You have written, I am sure, though I have received no letter from you since your leaving London; the post, and not yourself, must have been unpunctual. Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record The unpunctual man is a nuisance to society. Life and Conduct As boys, they were late for school, and unpunctual in their home duties. Pushing to the Front I speak seriously, because your father is one of the most unpunctual men I ever knew; and if you have inherited his failing, you cannot begin to struggle against it too soon.” Thistle and Rose A Story for Girls And, on the other hand, too many persons seem to feel themselves at liberty to be unpunctual in an appointment with an inferior. Advice to a Young Man upon First Going to Oxford In Ten Letters, From an Uncle to His Nephew Everybody with whom the unpunctual man has to do is thrown from time to time into a state of fever: he is systematically late; regular only in his irregularity. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success "Ever since half-past one; for it would have been a fine thing indeed to have been unpunctual with his majesty." The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" These compositions, which were so unpunctually paid for, appeared in the Democratic Review, a periodical published at Washington, and having, as our author's biographer says, "considerable pretensions to a national character." Hawthorne (English Men of Letters Series) As a girl she was unpunctual, and subject to fits of indecision when it seemed impossible for her to make up her mind one way or the other. My War Experiences in Two Continents Of course, he's unpunctual, and he's often late for dinner. Great Possessions "If I could only have had it before!" he said to himself; and indeed many of the disappointments of life, if not the greater part, come because events are unpunctual. David Harum A Story of American Life "She said it was unfortunate for a man like me to be married to a woman like you, unpunctual, careless, disorderly, a bad mother and a bad wife ..." The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 2 Mr. Waffles, like many men with nothing to do, was most unpunctual. Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour I felt sure that the Ibbetsons' coachman had been unpunctual, or dear Maud Mary's nurse had been cross, as usual, and had not tried to get her things packed. Melchior's Dream and Other Tales On the unpunctual man, ever missing his appointments of business and pleasure, there continually fall the consequent inconveniences, losses, and deprivations. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library She must say she was surprised at Mrs. Arbuthnot, who had not looked like somebody unpunctual. The Enchanted April Austin was very penitent, and promised he'd never be unpunctual again if he lived to be a hundred. Austin and His Friends He found her, companioned by the ruins of tea, in the depths of her great arm-chair; eyes and fingers intent on a square of elaborate embroidery; thoughts astray with her unpunctual son. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India Why is it bad manners to come late to meals, to be unpunctual, to keep people waiting? Letters to a Daughter and A Little Sermon to School Girls Mr. C�sar, feeling that the class was a trifle unpunctual in starting, hurriedly entered. Tell England A Study in a Generation I'm so sorry, because it vexes papa to have us unpunctual. Christmas with Grandma Elsie We all know that wretched quarter of an hour, or half hour, which unpunctual guests make us pass in famine and fatigue while they keep dinner waiting. In the Wrong Paradise She had asked him to come early, that they might have a few minutes to themselves; and for once he was not unpunctual. Far to Seek A Romance of England and India According to my cousin, the first-night deadheads, as a body, are unpunctual and unappreciative. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" H., though a lovable, was an eccentric, man of strong antipathies, unmethodical, and unpunctual. A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature "It is so vulgar to be unpunctual," said Adelaide with her calm good-breeding. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 The only way to make an unpunctual person punctual is to convince him that it is rude and unjust to keep other people waiting. Father Payne I had remarked Dicky's regularity in catching the 8:21 in the mornings, something so opposed to his usual unpunctual habits, and wondered why. Revelations of a Wife The Story of a Honeymoon When such tickets come, and the seat is in the last row of the stalls, it is worth while to go to the theatre unpunctually before the appointed time. Our Stage and Its Critics By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gazette" Commerce was in the hands of the Jews, and these could not teach us accuracy; the cultivator of the soil is unreliable because the soil is unreliable, he is unpunctual because nature has no punctuality. Without Dogma He raved at the sex for their delay: 'twas well that business of consequence seldom depended upon such parading, unpunctual triflers! Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 6 If it comes to that, isn't it quite as good a discipline for punctual people to learn to wait without impatience for the unpunctual? Father Payne Everybody with whom the unpunctual man has to do is thrown from time to time into a state of fever: he is systematically late; regular only in his irregularity. Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance It seems to me that the further east you go the more unpunctual are the trains. Dracula Casting his eye upon his own character, two things appeared to him: that he was very unpunctual, and that he disliked answering notes. The Voyage Out I'm afraid I am horridly unpunctual," Frank said, "and yet, mother, I never go out without making up my mind that I will be in sharp to time. By Sheer Pluck, a Tale of the Ashanti War There is nothing sacred about punctuality in itself, unless some one else suffers by your being unpunctual. Father Payne "You are incorrigibly lazy and unpunctual," said Mr. Dexter, towards the end of the address. The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories Maria received the unpunctual governess with her ready smile, and her appropriate speech. Heart and Science A Story of the Present Time Come, Mr. Tudor, you owe me a great deal of money, and you are the most unpunctual young man I know; but yet I don't like to see you distressed. The Three Clerks I won new laurels as a man of sense, though a little unpunctual—and Dennis, alias Ingham, returned to the parsonage, astonished to see with how little wisdom the world is governed. The Best American Humorous Short Stories It was yet an hour to church-time, an hour usually one of spiteful alacrity; but this morning, it seemed, in defiance of the clock, cruelly unpunctual. The Book-Bills of Narcissus An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne "Our dear Lady Mary is so very unpunctual," said Lady Belstone. Peter's Mother I do not wish to run any risk of being unpunctual.' The Man Upstairs and Other Stories How can we go on if you are so unpunctual? The Three Clerks David Dove, among other odd ways, devised a plan for punishing the unpunctual which had considerable success. Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker Once or twice she glanced at the clock; Blair was always unpunctual. The Iron Woman As boys, they were late at school, and unpunctual in their home duties. The True Citizen, How to Become One The punctual, who keep none waiting for them, are doomed to wait perpetually for the unpunctual. Autobiography of Anthony Trollope Now look here——' 'Let me get up, and we'll talk of it as we go to the bank—you are so unpunctual, you know.' The Three Clerks An unpunctual man is always in a hurry; but it does not follow that hurry is the cause of unpunctuality: on the contrary, what is the matter with the patient is sloth. The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors If a man, for instance, is irritable, impatient, unpunctual, let him take up some line where he is bound to be professionally bland, patient, methodical. The Upton Letters I am just the same when people are unpunctual. Love Me Little, Love Me Long The vicar and his wife and daughter waited fussily for Maisie, an unpunctual damsel. The Fortunate Youth Then he looked at the time and was frightened; he would be dreadfully unpunctual at business; Swettenham's might meet him with stern rebuke. The Town Traveller He had an appointment with his curate at the church school, and, not to be unpunctual, he quickened his pace in that direction. Our Friend the Charlatan But it was just at the time when the cook was sulking at Bethia's dismissal—and she chose to be unpunctual and careless. Wives and Daughters The great room was fuller even than at morning prayers; for then there was always an unpunctual minority. The Getting of Wisdom But of all men alive Dolly Longstaff was the most unpunctual. The Duke's Children She supposed that these were unpunctual guests, who would have to be content with vicarious civility, since Evie and Charles were gone, Henry tired, and the others in their rooms. Howards End She supposed that these were unpunctual guests, who would have to be content with vicarious civility, since Evie and Charles were gone, Henry tired, and the others in their rooms.� Howards End "I don't wish you to be unpunctual, but I object equally to your returning unnecessarily early when you wish to stay." Jewel "Ever since half-past one; it would have been a fine thing, indeed, to have been unpunctual with his majesty." Louise de la Valliere We're frightfully unpunctual this morning, and I daren't say anything, because it was the same yesterday, and if I complain again they might leave. The Longest Journey It's odd that even at your father's funeral you should be so unpunctual. Crime and Punishment The unpunctual woman, like the unpunctual man, occasions dislike, because she consumes and wastes time, and provokes the reflection that we are not of sufficient importance to make her more prompt. Character This led the conversation back to Greyshot, and they lingered so long round the fire talking that Raeburn was for once unpunctual, and kept an audience at least ten minutes waiting for him. We Two, a novel Five minutes had hardly gone by when he looked at his watch, thinking Marian must be unpunctual. New Grub Street "I have never known the Prince unpunctual," the Duchess murmured. The Illustrious Prince I glanced at Herbert's home, and at his character, and at his having no means but such as he was dependent on his father for; those, uncertain and unpunctual. Great Expectations Have him give you directions, dictate you letters, discipline you if you were unpunctual? Lady Baltimore To touch drugs habitually is to become hopelessly unpunctual, untruthful, callously selfish and insincere. Soul of a Bishop |
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