decent
decent 英 [ˈdi:snt] 美 [ˈdisənt]
adj. 正派的；得体的；相当好的
- The adjective decent means sufficient or acceptable. The local diner you like to frequent may not serve a four-star breakfast, but it probably has decent food.
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- adj. 正派的；得体的；相当好的
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1. a decent meal, a decent job, a decent place to live
相当不错的饭菜╱工作╱住所
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2. I need a decent night's sleep.
我需要好好地睡上一夜。
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3. ordinary, decent, hard-working people
勤劳、正派的普通人
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4. a decent burial
体面的葬礼
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5. That dress isn't decent.
那件连衣裙不够雅观。
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6. I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.
我不能去开门，我还没穿好衣服。
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7. He did the decent thing and resigned.
他做得很体面，辞职了。
- decent (adj.) 1530s, "proper to one's station or rank," also "tasteful," from Middle French décent, or directly from Latin decentem (nominative decens) "becoming, seemly, fitting, proper," present participle of decere "to be fitting or suitable," from PIE *deke-, from root *dek- "to take, accept." Meaning "kind, pleasant" is from 1902. Are you decent? (1949) was originally backstage theater jargon for "are you dressed."
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