decency

英 ['diːs(ə)nsɪ] 美['disnsi]
  • n. 正派;体面;庄重;合乎礼仪;礼貌

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【弟绅士】弟绅士举止很得体,很有礼貌

英英释意


1. the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
2. the quality of being polite and respectable

英文词源


decency (n.)
1560s, "appropriateness," from Latin decentia "comeliness, decency," from decentem "becoming, fitting" (see decent). Meaning "modesty" (i.e. "appropriateness to standards of society") is from 1630s.

实用场景例句


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。

牛津词典

Have you no sense of decency ?
你礼貌都不懂吗?

牛津词典

He might have had the decency to apologize.
他其实应该道个歉的。

牛津词典

the basic decencies of civilized society
文明社会的基本行为准则

牛津词典

Unfortunately, on Friday night he showed neither decency nor dignity...
不幸的是,周五晚上他表现得既不得体,也不庄重。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

His sense of decency forced him to resign.
他顾及颜面,不得不辞了职。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

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。

柯林斯高阶英语词典

He had the decency to admit his error.
他承认了自己的错误,真是会做人.

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Vice breaks in at the breaches of decency.
当廉耻丧失的时候,罪恶就会冲进来.

辞典例句

Not to neglect decency, or cleanliness, for fear of falling into Nastiness.
不可忽略体面 、 清洁, 否则会赃的不堪.

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He hoped that for once the individual he referred to would decency to restrain himself.
他希望这一回他提到的那个人能够自尊自爱一些,克制一下自己.

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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.

《简明英汉词典》

He is a man of decency.
他为人正派.

《现代汉英综合大词典》

It is a mockery of human decency to call these people'guests '.
把这些人称为“客人 ” 真是不知羞耻.

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Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.
你的行为有伤风化.

《简明英汉词典》

In her profligate life, she lost all sense of decency.
在她放荡的生活中, 她完全丧失了一个正常人的理智.

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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.

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It was an affront to common decency.
这是对社会礼仪的公然冒犯.

辞典例句

Though for the sake of decency I had to offer it to her also.
然而为了礼貌的关系,我也不得不给她.

辞典例句

Having children without getting married is an offence against decency.
渔民们自发地组织起来共同对抗渔霸.

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This novel was widely condemned as an offence to public decency.
这本小说被公认为伤风败俗.

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A journalist should always live up to the ideals of truth, decency, and justice.
记者必须始终践行真实 、 正直 、 正义的理想.

《简明英汉词典》

See all that tells me there's still a shred of decency left inside you.
这一切告诉我,你还有一点良心.

电影对白

Overcoming every reluctance and instinctive decency, he had let himself consider sex.
尽管出于本性的正直, 他一万个不情愿这样想,但还是忍不住去考虑性的问题.

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He was a man of decency and good judgment.
他是一个正派的、判断力很强的人.

辞典例句

They showed a shameless disrespect for human rights and the norms of human decency.
他们无耻地蔑视人权和人类尊严的准则.

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Amid the welcome confusion of cups and cakes a certain physical decency established itself.
递茶杯、传蛋糕所造成的忙乱大受欢迎,在忙乱之中建立了一种有形的体统.

辞典例句

Governments are often drawn into disputes about matters of public taste and decency.
政府经常被拉入到有关公众品位和社会风化问题的争论中.

《简明英汉词典》

To steal something of sentimental value shows a total lack of common decency.
偷盗具有情感价值的东西说明这个人连最起码的行为准则都彻底失去了.

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