Impropriety is behaviour — or one action — that is wrong or not acceptable by moral, social, or professional rules. It does not always mean a crime.

Impropriety is behaviour — or one action — impropriety指的是行為，或某一個舉動 that is wrong or not acceptable by moral, social, or professional rules是違反道德、社會，或職業規範，讓人覺得不對或不能接受的。 It does not always mean a crime它不代表一定是犯罪。

A gift that looks like a bribe, a joke that is too rude at a funeral, a teacher getting too close to a student: people may call those impropriety. News and official reports like the word because it sounds serious without always naming a law.

A gift that looks like a bribe像是看起來像賄賂的禮物 a joke that is too rude at a funeral在喪禮上開得太過分的玩笑 a teacher getting too close to a student老師跟學生走得太近 people may call those impropriety這些大家都可能稱為impropriety。 News and official reports like the word新聞和官方報告喜歡用這個詞 because it sounds serious without always naming a law因為它聽起來很嚴重，但又不用直接說是違反哪條法律。

You will often see it with a kind: financial impropriety, sexual impropriety.

You will often see it with a kind你常會看到它前面加個類別 financial impropriety, sexual impropriety像是financial impropriety（財務不當行為）、sexual impropriety（性方面的不當行為）。

Though actually, what counts as impropriety changes with time and place. Something 'improper' in a court or a church may be ordinary among friends.

Though actually不過其實 what counts as impropriety changes with time and place什麼算是impropriety，會隨時代和場合改變。 Something 'improper' in a court or a church在法庭或教會裡被視為'improper'的事 may be ordinary among friends在朋友之間可能很平常。

The word is formal; in casual talk people just say it was wrong, rude, or out of line.

The word is formal這個詞很正式 in casual talk people just say it was wrong, rude, or out of line在日常對話裡，大家就直接說這樣不對、很沒禮貌，或太超過。