propriety
英 [prə'praɪətɪ]
美[prə'praɪəti]
- n. 适当；礼节；得体
词态变化
复数: proprieties;
中文词源
propriety 得体的举止，规范，礼节
来自proper,自己的，适于自己的，合适的，-ety,名词后缀。引申诸相关词义。
英英释意
- 1. correct or appropriate behavior
英文词源
- propriety
- propriety: see proper
- propriety (n.)
- mid-15c., "proper character, disposition," from Old French proprieté "individuality, peculiarity; property" (12c.), from Latin proprietatem (nominative proprietas) "appropriateness," also "ownership" (see property). Meaning "fitness, appropriateness" is attested from 1610s; sense of "conformity to good manners" is from 1782.
实用场景例句
- Nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone.
- 没人认为她只身出现在那里不得体。
牛津词典
- They were careful to observe the proprieties.
- 他们恪守规矩。
牛津词典
- Their sense of social propriety is eroded.
- 他们的社交礼仪意识淡薄。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He refused the invitation propriety.
- 他有礼貌地拒绝了邀请.
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- So even the most torrid affair should be conducted with a decided sense of propriety.
- 这样即使是再狂热的爱情也应该把握分寸有所克制.
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- Out the propriety of granting such a request, ie doubt whether it is right.
- 我怀疑答应这项要求是否合适.
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- Common sense and moral propriety , which ignored the Romanticists, again the predominant preoccupation in literary work.
- 道德和常理这些被浪漫主义时代遗弃多年的主题, 又回到了文学主流中来.
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- We hesitated at the propriety of the method.
- 我们对这种办法是否适用拿不定主意.
《简明英汉词典》
- A sense of fitness or propriety.
- 这是一次健康检查.
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- I doubt the propriety of the term.
- 我怀疑这个术语是否适当.
辞典例句
- I doubt the propriety of doing so.
- 我怀疑这样做是否适当.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- The way these tourists dress offends local standards of propriety.
- 这些游客的穿着在当地人的眼中简直不成体统.
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- China is a country of courtesy and propriety.
- 中华民族是个讲究仪礼的国家.
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- Elinor the corgi behaved with great propriety, while Mr Toshio Suzuki did headstands on the lawn.
- 当铃木敏夫先生在草坪上倒立时,家里的威尔斯柯基犬Elinor举止得宜.
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- The physical strength of paper can be enhanced by appending propriety collagen.
- 在植物纤维中添加适量的胶原纤维可以较大地提高纸页的强度性能.
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- To subdue one's self and return to propriety, is perfect virtue.
- 克己复礼为仁.
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- His conduct runs counter to all rules of propriety.
- 他的行为违反一切礼教规范.
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- These nouns refer to what is not in accord with truth, accuracy, or propriety.
- 这些名词指与真理不符 、 不准确或不适宜的事物.
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- The boy hadn't much sense of propriety, he well knew.
- 他这“多多头”的小儿子不老成, 他知道.
汉英文学 - 春蚕
- The sensitive matter was handled with great propriety.
- 这件机密的事处理得极为适当.
《简明英汉词典》
- China has always been known as a land of propriety band righteousness.
- 中国从来以礼义之邦著称.
辞典例句
- A severe offense to one's sense of propriety or decency; an outrage.
- 冒犯:对某人的正当或得体的观念的严重违犯; 冒犯.
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- Submit assessment report or certification for propriety made fire damper installation method.
- 递交评定报告或证书关于专利厂防火闸的安装方法.
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- Propriety suggests reciprocity. It is not propriety not to give out but to receive, or vice versa.
- 礼尚往来. 往而不来,非礼也;来而不往, 亦非礼也.
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- In this Gibraltar of propriety , mediocrity gets intrenched and consolidated and founded in adamant.
- 平庸笼罩在礼数的厚重外衣下,被人们固守,强化,奉为不可动摇的准则.
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- Speaking of propriety , it is better to be frugal than extravagant.
- 说到礼,与其奢华浪费, 不如俭约些好.
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- The law reflects the interpersonal power relation, and the propriety embodies the cooperative one.
- “法”体现的是人与人之间的权力关系, “礼”体现的是人与人之间的合作关系.
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- At last, we designed the system structure frame and module function frame, and propriety report forms.
- 最后对系统进行了设计,给出了系统框架图和模块功能结构图, 以及符合单位自身需要的数据统计报表等.
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- As a concept, Propriety had been at a very important position in the Confucianism.
- “礼”是儒家思想中具有非常重要地位的一个概念.
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