decency
英['diːsnsi]
美['diːsnsi]
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n.
得体;礼貌;体面
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(复)decencies:礼仪;行为规范.
TEM8 GRE
Noun:
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the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
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the quality of being polite and respectable
- 1. Nobody had the decency to inform me of what was planned.
- 竟然没有一个人最起码地通知我一声计划了些什么。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. His sense of decency forced him to resign.
- 他顾及颜面,不得不辞了职。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Her behaviour showed a total lack of common decency .
- 她的举止显示她连起码的礼节都不懂。
来自《权威词典》
- 4. His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.
- 他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.
- 你的行为有伤风化.
来自《简明英汉词典》
用作名词 (n.)
- Such conduct outrages our normal sense of decency.
这种行为伤害了我们正常的得体感。
- His essential decency makes it impossible to dislike him.
他十分正派,使人不能不喜欢他。
- You should have the decency to apologize for what you did.
你应该讲点礼貌,为你所做的事道歉。
- All people with a sense of decency will look down upon such conduct as that.
注重尊严的人都会轻视那种行为。