decency
英 ['di?s(?)ns?]
美['disnsi]
- n. 正派；體面；莊重；合乎禮儀；禮貌
實用場景例句
- Her behaviour showed a total lack of common decency .
- 她的舉止顯示她連起碼的禮節(jié)都不懂。
牛津詞典
- Have you no sense of decency ?
- 你禮貌都不懂嗎？
牛津詞典
- He might have had the decency to apologize.
- 他其實應該道個歉的。
牛津詞典
- the basic decencies of civilized society
- 文明社會的基本行為準則
牛津詞典
- Unfortunately, on Friday night he showed neither decency nor dignity...
- 不幸的是，周五晚上他表現(xiàn)得既不得體，也不莊重。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- His sense of decency forced him to resign.
- 他顧及顏面，不得不辭了職。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Nobody had the decency to inform me of what was planned.
- 竟然沒有一個人最起碼地通知我一聲計劃了些什么。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- He had the decency to admit his error.
- 他承認了自己的錯誤,真是會做人.
期刊摘選
- Vice breaks in at the breaches of decency.
- 當廉恥喪失的時候,罪惡就會沖進來.
辭典例句
- Not to neglect decency, or cleanliness, for fear of falling into Nastiness.
- 不可忽略體面 、 清潔, 否則會贓的不堪.
期刊摘選
- He hoped that for once the individual he referred to would decency to restrain himself.
- 他希望這一回他提到的那個人能夠自尊自愛一些,克制一下自己.
期刊摘選
- His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.
- 他的正直感和公平競爭意識使他拒絕了這一提議.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He is a man of decency.
- 他為人正派.
《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- It is a mockery of human decency to call these people'guests '.
- 把這些人稱為“客人 ” 真是不知羞恥.
期刊摘選
- Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.
- 你的行為有傷風化.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- In her profligate life, she lost all sense of decency.
- 在她放蕩的生活中, 她完全喪失了一個正常人的理智.
期刊摘選
- You should have the decency to apologize for what you did.
- 你應該講點禮貌,為你所做的事道歉.
期刊摘選
- It was an affront to common decency.
- 這是對社會禮儀的公然冒犯.
辭典例句
- Though for the sake of decency I had to offer it to her also.
- 然而為了禮貌的關系,我也不得不給她.
辭典例句
- Having children without getting married is an offence against decency.
- 漁民們自發(fā)地組織起來共同對抗?jié)O霸.
期刊摘選
- This novel was widely condemned as an offence to public decency.
- 這本小說被公認為傷風敗俗.
期刊摘選
- A journalist should always live up to the ideals of truth, decency, and justice.
- 記者必須始終踐行真實 、 正直 、 正義的理想.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- See all that tells me there's still a shred of decency left inside you.
- 這一切告訴我,你還有一點良心.
電影對白
- Overcoming every reluctance and instinctive decency, he had let himself consider sex.
- 盡管出于本性的正直, 他一萬個不情愿這樣想,但還是忍不住去考慮性的問題.
期刊摘選
- He was a man of decency and good judgment.
- 他是一個正派的、判斷力很強的人.
辭典例句
- They showed a shameless disrespect for human rights and the norms of human decency.
- 他們無恥地蔑視人權和人類尊嚴的準則.
期刊摘選
- Amid the welcome confusion of cups and cakes a certain physical decency established itself.
- 遞茶杯、傳蛋糕所造成的忙亂大受歡迎,在忙亂之中建立了一種有形的體統(tǒng).
辭典例句
- Governments are often drawn into disputes about matters of public taste and decency.
- 政府經常被拉入到有關公眾品位和社會風化問題的爭論中.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- To steal something of sentimental value shows a total lack of common decency.
- 偷盜具有情感價值的東西說明這個人連最起碼的行為準則都徹底失去了.
期刊摘選