infelicitous

词根词缀:

词根
felic= happy 幸福

felicitate v. 祝贺,庆祝

felic 幸福 + itate 表动词 → 使…幸福 → 祝贺

felicitation n. 庆祝,庆贺

felicitat 祝贺,庆祝 + ion 表名词 → 庆祝,庆贺

felicitous adj. (措辞等)恰当的,贴切的

felic 幸福 + itous …的 → 让人幸福的话语 → 恰当的

felicity n. 幸福;得体

felic 幸福 + ity 具备某种性质,状况 → 幸福;得体

infelicitous adj. 不幸的;不恰当的

in 不 + felicitous (措辞等)恰当的,贴切的 → 不幸的;不恰当的

infelicity n. 不幸;不恰当

in 不 + felicity 幸福;得体 → 不幸;不恰当

数据来源:新东方英语词汇速记大全

相关例句:

An infelicitous remark; infelicitous phrasing; the infelicitous typesetting was due to illegible copy.

不恰当的评论;不贴切的措辞;错误的排版是因为原稿潦草难认。

Besides, Chinese learners tend to replace the verbs with their synonyms in lexical combinations, and thus infelicitous collocations are produced.

另外,非英语专业英语学习者倾向于用同义词替换固定搭配中的动词。

This infelicitous term partly refers to offering consumers a discount to build their own furniture.

这个不太恰当的词汇,部分意思是指向顾客提供折扣,由他们自己组装家具。

Infelicitous circumstances; unhappy caravans, straggling afoot through swamps and canebrakes-American Guide Series.

悲惨的环境;不幸的商队,脱离了队伍徒步走在沼泽和藤丛之中&《美国导游丛书》。

J. Austin, the founder of speech act theory, holds that literature is infelicitous performative, and should be kept away from the studies on speech acts.

作为言语行为理论创始人的奥斯汀认为文学是无效的施为言语并应排除在研究之外。