| 单词 | infelicitous |
| 例句 | The copy editor for the series, our last line of defense against the stupid mistake or infelicitous phrase, was Joe Rogers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z That’s not the way the museum industry — an infelicitous phrase — works. Behind the scenes at an exhibition 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z Lastly, there’s the occasional infelicitous phrase, like “the leaders of leading nations.” Dambisa Moyo’s Proposals for Saving Democracy 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z For every alluring passage in the strings on Sunday and Monday, there was a mystifyingly nondescript or even infelicitous one in the winds and brasses. Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra at Avery Fisher Hall 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z These productions feel forced: talky, infelicitous and banal. In ‘Languages of Truth,’ Salman Rushdie Defends the Extraordinary 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Some rearranged elements in the second act are infelicitous. Flights of imagination in Cincinnati Ballet’s ‘Nutcracker’ 2016-11-24T05:00:00Z The New York bill would implement a concept called extended producer responsibility, an incredibly infelicitous recycling term. Recycling in America Is a Mess. A New Bill Could Clean It Up. 2021-01-27T05:00:00Z An author of previous books on Wall Street, the Mafia and Ayn Rand, Weiss is sure-footed here, stepping around fading file boxes of legal material, with only occasional flights into infelicitous zoological metaphor. Crazy Eddie’s Life Was Insane! 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z But despite the infelicitous introduction he began to pursue Mr. Wheeler and offered to support him in the creation of an infinity environment in New York. Doug Wheeler Builds ?Infinity Environment? at David Zwirner 2012-01-15T05:54:30Z It struck me as infelicitous at best that Aster’s “hero” should be “subjected” to the very sort of inner-city crime fantasy that so often misrepresents urban life in American pop culture. 'Beau Is Afraid': A disturbingly in-depth analysis of Ari Aster's guilt trip to hell 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z However infelicitous the wording, he was making the point that the city’s broader economic infrastructure depended on white-collar workers showing up to support the satellite businesses of commercial districts. Is New York Ready for the Mayor of Swagger? 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z In a letter to The Times of London, Mr. Dacre said the Civil Service had targeted him because of his right-of-center views, calling it his “infelicitous dalliance with the Blob.” A Tabloid ‘Game of Thrones’ in London Could Tilt U.K. Politics 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z The Times quoted him as describing his experience of applying for the role as an "infelicitous dalliance" with "the Blob" - a term sometimes used to refer to the Whitehall establishment. Paul Dacre: Ex-Daily Mail editor quits race to head Ofcom 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z An infelicitous term—“helicopter money”—keeps popping up in the financial press. Those Money-Laden Helicopters Hovering on the Horizon 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z He went through public contract squabbles, criticized his colleagues, and was occasionally suspended from social media for infelicitous remarks. Bill Simmons Brings His Act to HBO 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z I wasn’t dressed like a nominee for a literary award, with my tweed blazer, infelicitous beard and shabby steno pad. How Chris Jackson Is Building a Black Literary Movement 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Two days later, he talked about the importance of screening refugees, using an infelicitous analogy: “If there’s a rabid dog running around your neighborhood, you’re probably not going to assume something good about that dog.” Ben Carson, Conservative Folk Hero 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z This bias leads to some uncharacteristically infelicitous sentences and more than a few tautologies: “Instead of the essentially spiritual outlook of medievalism, the new humanism regarded life and the world from a more human perspective.” Spiritual leader of a medieval city in crisis 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Today, the C.D.C. advises that American children be vaccinated for fourteen diseases before age six—and each of those diseases can, in Carson’s infelicitous words, cause “death or crippling.” The Dangerous Doctors of the G.O.P. 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z Inbred for the purposes of experimentation, they exhibit a number of infelicitous traits, including a susceptibility to obesity, a taste for morphine, and a tendency to nibble off their cage mates’ hair. Why Teen-Agers Are the Worst 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Mr. Gruber was, in an infelicitous way, expressing frustration with that state of affairs. The Jonathan Gruber Controversy and Washington’s Dirty Little Secret 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z But Mr. Romney offered voters a dose of it during his face-off with President Obama last week, when he coined the infelicitous phrase “binders full of women.” Romney’s Throwback Language, His Mittisms 2012-10-21T05:37:18Z Our emotional impulses disinhibited, we type some infelicitous message and hit “send” before a more sober second thought leads us to hit “discard.” Is Everyone Online Really Angry? 2012-08-01T01:22:52Z It is by no means an uncommon one, not to say that I have a singularly infelicitous memory for people's names. Barrington Volume II (of II) 2012-04-09T02:00:32.490Z Here also he wrote "Marriage of Belphegor," a tale setting forth his version of his own infelicitous marriage; but hearing that his wife was seriously ill, he burned it in his study fire. A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors 2012-02-17T03:00:36.500Z To Burnett it had been only a canvas daubed with infelicitous paint. The Maker of Opportunities 2012-01-30T03:00:18.090Z A valiant Englishman looks in vain for “delicacy of perception” and dares to say that “in the German mind there does seem to be something splay, something blunt-edged, unhandy and infelicitous.” Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) 2011-12-07T03:00:18.847Z Marsyas' formality so serviceable among the women of Nazareth suddenly seemed infelicitous here, but it was all he had for response to this different personage. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z Stuart made the infelicitous conjecture that it held the votive tripod on its lap. A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) 2011-09-30T02:00:18.107Z Be that as it may, he often makes her serve as a symbol for material existence, obviously an infelicitous parallel. William Blake A Study of His Life and Art Work 2011-09-13T02:00:35.943Z The Socialists of the Chair have done themselves injustice and sown their course with embarrassing misconceptions by adopting too hastily an infelicitous name. Contemporary Socialism 2011-09-10T02:00:28.673Z Mr Crawford is indeed frequently infelicitous in names. Critical Studies 2011-07-21T02:00:20.463Z That infelicitous explanation haunted the Clinton administration for most of its first two years. Lessons of History Would Help Obama Lead on Libya: View 2011-07-21T00:42:01Z You will please to remember however, that the phenomena will remain,—however infelicitous my attempts to explain them may seem to yourself. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z The latter he could only parody, but his parody was as infelicitous as Bacon's explanation of the "Wisdom of the Ancients." The Mystery of Francis Bacon 2011-07-09T02:00:14.663Z The patriotic bard fell a victim to its infelicitous but glorious conception; and posterity may discover a grandeur in this labour of love, which was unfelt by his contemporaries. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z To the writer each of these expressions seems infelicitous. North America 2011-05-05T02:00:20.027Z I felt myself to be growing stiffer and generally more infelicitous in my demeanour. Mrs. Fitz 2011-02-14T03:00:38.317Z The transposition in the opening sentence is infelicitous, to say the least. The Revision Revised 2011-07-15T02:00:18.897Z In the first place, their choice of Monmouth as the heir was infelicitous. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z He often felt that curse of an infelicitous poet, that his diligence was more active than his creative power. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Marriage, with all its chances, its infelicities, its sacrifices, is seldom so infelicitous, so uncertain, so full of sacrifice, as the single state. The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness A Complete Hand Book for the Use of the Lady in Polite Society 2011-02-01T03:00:13.500Z Indeed, Sarkozy's bluster fit a pattern for the French government that sought to ignore Reding's central charge and castigate her for the infelicitous wartime comparison. Sarkozy Lashes Out As Roma Row Escalates 2010-09-17T15:20:00Z Russia may be ready, but until Lord Triesman's infelicitous remarks about referees few Russians even seemed aware that their country was in contention to host the event. Russia confident over 2018 World Cup bid even without Triesman's help 2010-05-17T18:44:00Z As might have been expected it was a conspicuously infelicitous one. Village Life in China A Study in Sociology But these infelicitous forms, which disguised the most tender and imaginative genius, could not deprive it of its “better parts.” Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z He was on the edge of bankruptcy, and his matrimonial venture was evidently infelicitous. The Truth About Tristrem Varick A Novel The form of the Renaissance lantern is not infelicitous, either from the inside or outside. Cathedrals of Spain In this sort of illustration by analogy and contrast Mr. Goldwin Smith is particularly infelicitous. The History of Freedom That the division of chapters is occasionally infelicitous, is true: but is Mr. Goodwin weak enough to think that he could divide them better? Inspiration and Interpretation Seven Sermons Preached Before the University of Oxford There are works whose design displays the most striking originality; but, alas! there are so many infelicitous modes of execution! Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Her conversation is crude and infelicitous, her conduct excessively ill-bred. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 26, October, 1880 The association is infelicitous, and consequently it does not produce a ‘pleasant surprise.’ A Bookful of Girls Strenuous, laborious, constantly infelicitous in spite of his great successes, he suggests at times a very different set of influences. A Little Tour of France Again, Hamilton was afflicted with embarrassment over the infelicitous results of his wife's benevolent activity, and again he changed the subject. Making People Happy The very penny chroniclers of the market acquire an infelicitous adroitness in the phraseology of deceit. Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905 He chose a curious and rather infelicitous variation on the Spenserian stanza ababbccc, keeping the Alexandrine but missing the seventh line, with a lyrical interlude here and there. A History of Elizabethan Literature Of the twenty-eight zodiacal constellations, seven are infelicitous and no one will risk entering upon a new venture on these days. The Fulfilment of a Dream of Pastor Hsi's The Story of the Work in Hwochow Rome and the Number Six.—It has been remarked lately in "N. & Q." that in English history, the reign of the second sovereign of the same name has been infelicitous. Notes and Queries, Number 212, November 19, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. The style, too, has nothing peculiarly commendable; and when the embellishments of metaphor and illustration are attempted, they are awkward, strained, infelicitous. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. Some of the foregoing instances of infelicitous tampering with the text of the Gospels are, it must be confessed, very serious. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark M�rya Dm�trievna immediately became agitated, began to assert that woman is the more capable, declared that she would prove it in two words, got entangled, and wound up by a decidedly infelicitous comparison. A Nobleman's Nest Largely on account of this infelicitous simile he was replaced in the leadership by another, a less vigorous and less entertaining person. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 2 I think the language very infelicitous, and if I supposed those propositions were to become part of the Constitution, I should think many verbal changes indispensable. A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 I was importunate and at an infelicitous time. In the Mist of the Mountains But in the case before us, the hostile suggestion is peculiarly infelicitous. The Last Twelve Verses of the Gospel According to S. Mark The office of the judge is to declare the fact of that infelicitous union, and to pronounce the penalty according to the law. The Essentials of Spirituality This is a most infelicitous speech, and Miss Kavanagh might have resented it, but for the strange fact that Beauclerk, on hearing it, laughs heartily. April's Lady A Novel Are not these one and all confessedly fabricated readings? the infelicitous attempts of some well-meaning critic to improve upon the inspired original? The Causes of the Corruption of the Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels Being the Sequel to The Traditional Text of the Holy Gospels It was a peculiarly infelicitous salutation, but she was smilingly unconscious of any slip. Just Patty Ransom's attachment to this idea therefore struck her as queer and infelicitous, and she supposed it betrayed the habits of Mississippi. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) Kant is the most unhappy champion of his own doctrines, the most infelicitous expounder of his own meaning, that has ever existed. The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey—Vol. 1 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg The missionary eyed them and began, "Ah, if I can once get hold of you tender little ones—" an infelicitous opening, which scattered them yelling, convinced that the Bogey-man had come for them at last. Wandering Heath But why should I dwell on infelicitous unions of this kind? The Cockaynes in Paris Or 'Gone abroad' It is then hard to conceive an appeal more singularly infelicitous than that which our modern positivists make to Buddhism. Is Life Worth Living? "If you are her cousin, do take Miss Chancellor to have some supper—instead of going away," she went on, with her infelicitous readiness. The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II) There is little, however, of that rapturous extasy which issues from many a finally most infelicitous husband, some days, weeks, or even months, after the conjugal union. The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 And Charles Sylvester's infelicitous proposal recurred to her, and she was forced to ask herself whether, after all, it was quite so infelicitous as it seemed. A Comedy of Masks A Novel On taking it home, I discovered the following not infelicitous version of our Prior's beautiful little Poem of the Garland. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One With proper deference, it is to be hoped that Boston, forgetting this infelicitous caprice, will remember in time that she alone among the great cities of America is complete. Your United States Impressions of a first visit Were it not that the salutation were infelicitous, we should have said, "Hail, all hail!" to the F�te at the Botanical Gardens, Regent's Park, last Wednesday. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, July 2, 1892 The title of this work is singularly infelicitous, for it is merely a sketchy and not very clear account of the late war in America. An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800 Thousands before him, and since, have had the same infelicitous experience; but how few have had the courage to overcome the obstacles which he succeeded in overcoming? The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 6, March, 1885 Exasperated by the knowledge that the king's solemn pledges were given repeatedly with no intention of fulfilment, he attempted to adopt a similar policy and was singularly infelicitous in his imitation. Charles the Bold Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 Such is the will, the cruel will, of love-inciting Venus, Who takes delight in wanton sport and ill-considered jokes, And brings ridiculous misfits beneath her brazen yokes,— A very infelicitous proceeding, just between us. Echoes from the Sabine Farm It may be hypercriticism on my part, but bouquet strikes me as sadly infelicitous; and a large part of its infelicity is due to its having kept its French spelling and its French pronunciation. Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems The first part of the phrase is true and graphic enough, but the image offered by the last words appears to me a singularly infelicitous one. What I Remember, Volume 2 Instances of negligent and infelicitous composition are numerous in Southey, as in most voluminous authors. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843 He had a vague and infelicitous scheme for turning Paradise Lost into rhyme. Gossip in a Library Merle's plenteous hair, like his cigarette holder, was longer than is commonly worn by his sex, and marked by a certain not infelicitous disorder. The Wrong Twin Undine coloured at the infelicitous allusion: besides, she knew now that the smart people who were "musical" went in stalls. The Custom of the Country She had thought it very likely Robert Acton would come and see her; she had not met him since that infelicitous evening. The Europeans "Pray, sir, is it my infelicitous allusion to Miss Light's marriage?" Roderick Hudson This amazed and enraptured Tess, whose slight experiences had been so infelicitous till now; and in her reaction from indignation against the male sex she swerved to excess of honour for Clare. Tess of the d'Urbervilles It will be recalled that the young man frequently expressed himself with regrettable inelegance; that he habitually availed himself, indeed, of a most infelicitous species of metaphor. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation The ground of objection is not very formidable; but the Parent's Assistant is certainly an infelicitous name. De Libris: Prose and Verse He kept at this for a year, doing desultory writing on the side, with little success, and then one day an infelicitous incident peremptorily closed his newspaper career. The Beautiful and Damned It would be infelicitous, perhaps, to compare the occasional absences of a highly respectable English tutor to an angel's visits, but so we felt them. Peter Ibbetson It is an infelicitous attempt to blend sportive fancy with fact that has touched the heart, and which, in this its sobered mood, shrinks from all idle play of imagination. Reminiscences of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and Robert Southey They left him at these times with the suspicion that this bare fact meant enough with them to carry a man of infelicitous exterior. The Spenders A Tale of the Third Generation This infelicitous arrangement forced the thoughts of all present upon the exalted rank of the parties which could dictate and exact so unusual an assortment. Autobiographical Sketches The shouting and yelling which had gained the camp its infelicitous title were not permitted within hearing distance of Stumpy's. Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools To the considerate, therefore, it may appear expedient to dismiss Coignard's trite winding-up of a half-century of splendid talking, as just the infelicitous outcropping, in the dying man's enfeebled condition, of an hereditary foible. The Queen Pedauque The Government of India had erected him out of his surplus revenues a gigantic palace of red-brick, a singularly infelicitous building material for that burning climate. Here, There and Everywhere Hasty births, premature births, secret births, morganatic births, illegitimate births, and every variety of infelicitous intrusion upon your planet. Without Prejudice Even among his own friends they proved singularly infelicitous. Maximilian in Mexico A Woman's Reminiscences of the French Intervention 1862-1867 To Mrs. Sutton's apprehension this was an infelicitous introduction of herself to the husband's toleration. At Last The information, coupled with the infelicitous word ‘proudly,’ caused Nicholas to flush with mortification. A Changed Man; and other tales Miss Milly had never before seen the man designated by this infelicitous title; and as he stepped backward, in half courtesy and half astonishment, she was, for the moment, disconcerted. Tales of the Argonauts A swift recollection of her companion's infelicitous reputation now returned to her, and Grace Nevil, with a slight stiffening of her whole frame, became coldly herself again. A Sappho of Green Springs Later in the morning, Rand learned that Mornie's ill-fated connection with the Star Variety Troupe had been a source of anxiety to Mrs. Sol, and she had reproached herself for the girl's infelicitous debut. The Twins of Table Mountain He hated the prisoner for his infelicitous and untimely crime, yet he could not make up his mind to his death. A Drift from Redwood Park It is presumed that the major had forgotten himself in this infelicitous selection of epithets, but the stranger's face only relaxed into a grim smile. The Bell-Ringer of Angel's The captain bore the infelicitous reputation of being a notorious duellist and a dead-shot. Tales of the Argonauts But, remembering suddenly that he was really the bearer of a message to Clarence, it struck him that his supine position was, from a theatrical view-point, infelicitous. Clarence If leading a "dog's life" be considered a peculiar phase of human misery, the life of a Boys' Dog is still more infelicitous. Urban Sketches The laugh that broke from Stacy and Barker, to whom the infelicitous reputation of Red Gulch was notorious, did not allay Steptoe's irritation. The Three Partners By that one infelicitous stroke the two outcasts made an enemy of the Law and the Gospel as represented in Trinidad County. Under the Redwoods But for a few infelicitous accidents, this would have been the case of the late liberation of Quinquinambo. The Crusade of the Excelsior If there was anything infelicitous about the victim intended for God, it was used for Hou Chi. Religions of Ancient China "Now, you've got just grounds for shooting me," he said gaily, and instantly regretted his infelicitous remark. Ridgway of Montana (Story of To-Day, in Which the Hero Is Also the Villain) Perhaps it was this well-meant but infelicitous reference that brought a moisture to her dark eyes, and caused her lips to momentarily quiver. The Heritage of Dedlow Marsh and Other Tales The years 1833 and 1834 were marked by her too-celebrated relations with Alfred de Musset, with whom she lived in Paris and at Venice, and with whom she quarrelled at last in circumstances deplorably infelicitous. Mauprat "Spoken like a politician, Hathaway," said Judge Baker, with an effusive enthusiasm, which he hoped would atone for the alarming results of his infelicitous speech. A Ward of the Golden Gate To one who has seen the great Japanese fleur-de-lis, France looks ludicrously infelicitous in her choice of emblem. The Soul of the Far East |
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