decency
decency 英 [ˈdi:snsi] 美 [ˈdisənsi]
n. 正派;体面;庄重;合乎礼仪;礼貌
名词复数:decencies
- The personal quality of decency is one of honesty, good manners, and respect for other people.
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- n. 正派;体面;庄重;合乎礼仪;礼貌
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1. He has no decency, no discipline.
他不讲体面,也没有规矩。
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2. He is a man of decency.
他为人正派。
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3. This belief comes from my unyielding faith in the decency and generosity of the American people. But it also comes from my own American story.
这一信念来自我对美国人民正派和慷慨的不可动摇的信念,也来自于我自己的美国故事。
- decency (n.) 1560s, "appropriateness," from Latin decentia "comeliness, decency," from decentem "becoming, fitting," present participle of decere "to be fitting or suitable," from PIE *deke-, from root *dek- "to take, accept." Meaning "modesty" (i.e. "appropriateness to standards of society") is from 1630s.
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