Decent
['diːs(ə)nt] or ['disnt]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; 'speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd'- George Santayana .
(adj.) observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress; 'a modest neckline in her dress'; 'though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards' .
(adj.) decently clothed; 'are you decent?' .
(adj.) socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; 'from a decent family'; 'a nice girl' .
整理:瓦莱丽--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language.
(a.) Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.
(a.) Comely; shapely; well-formed.
(a.) Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.
以斯拉錄入
同義詞及近義詞：
a. [1]. Proper, becoming, fit, befitting, suitable, decorous, seemly, comely.[2]. Modest, delicate, pure.[3]. Tolerable, passable, moderate, respectable.
柏妮丝手打
同義詞及反義詞：
[See ABASH]
克莱夫整理
解釋/意思:
adj. becoming: seemly: proper: modest: moderate: tolerable.—n. Dē′cency becomingness: modesty.—adv. Dē′cently.
整理:莱克格斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Beg your pardon, sir, but this here officer o' yourn in the gambooge tops, 'ull never earn a decent livin' as a master o' the ceremonies any vere. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- There, sir, you are redd up and made decent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 簡·愛.
- He was dressed all in decent black, with a white cravat round his neck. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- He would make Mrs. George Osborne an allowance, such as to assure her a decent competency. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- The decent hair-guard that went round his neck and took care of his decent silver watch was an object of envy to her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- But let me see thee use the dress and costume of thy English ancestry--no short cloaks, no gay bonnets, no fantastic plumage in my decent household. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- There were a great many people, mostly of the decent sort, at the bar. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- But she was a decent sort, really--' 'Render unto Caesarina the things that are Caesarina's,' said Birkin, turning aside. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- Therefore I want to get him, for the present moment, into any poor lodging kept by decent people where he would be admitted. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- There is the parsonage: a tidy-looking house, and I understand the clergyman and his wife are very decent people. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- I trust, sir,' rejoined Mrs. Sparsit, with decent resignation, 'it is not necessary that you should do anything of that kind. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- What a character for anybody with decent connections to show himself in! 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- It was a very small establishment, wherein a decent woman sat behind the counter working at her needle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- It would not have been decent to go away, because he had been dining with other guests, and had just taken tea. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Green might have any decent time; but pay? 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- And I know full well any man who wishes to live in decent comfort with me as a husband must be able to control me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Respectable families would be more apt to buy you, if they saw you looked plain and decent, as if you wasn't trying to look handsome. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- A very decent shot, and there is not a bolder rider in England. 簡·奧斯丁. 理智與情感.
- Modern countries especially are waking up to the necessity of good roads, not only as a necessary means of transportation, but as a pre-requisite to decent civilisation in all respects. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- And I am not a model clergyman--only a decent makeshift. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- Can't ye be decent when white folks comes to see ye? 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- A decent elderly woman opened the gate to me, and at once annihilated all the hopes I had built on securing the assistance of Sergeant Cuff. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- It was borne in the latter with decent philosophy. 簡·奧斯丁. 傲慢與偏見.
- You know she'll let him do anything but spend money on his friends: the only reason she's decent to me now is that she knows I'm not hard up. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- They are universally despised,--never received into any decent society. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- Have you anything decent, Jo? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Entering the schoolroom, she inclined her head with a decent obeisance, as had been her wont in former times. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- If the world were going to remain frigidly set after next year, we might well thank our stars if we blundered into a few decent solutions right away. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- She may tear it tonight, and that will be a good excuse for offering a decent one. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Well, the carriage is waiting, and the crowd are now off, so that one can walk out in a decent and Christian manner, and not be pushed and shoved. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
整理:莱克格斯