Respectable
[rɪ'spektəb(ə)l] or [rɪ'spɛktəbl]
解釋/意思:
(adj.) characterized by socially or conventionally acceptable morals; 'a respectable woman' .
杰奎琳編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(a.) Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen.
(a.) Moderate in degree of excellence or in number; as, a respectable performance; a respectable audience.
埃斯蒂斯整理
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Worthy, good, considerable, laudable
ANT:Unworthy, bad, unrespectable, mean, inconsiderable
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例句/造句/用法:
- Any of the staid, respectable, aged people who were there that night can testify to the truth of that statement. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Fanny was disposed to think the influence of London very much at war with all respectable attachments. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- This neighbour was a tradesman in a large way of business, who lived in a very respectable style of comfort. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Shirley never laughed at her former governess; even the little formalities and harmless peculiarities of that lady were respectable in her eyes. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- There I parted from my old pals and determined to settle down to a quiet and respectable life. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯歷險記.
- It has been steadily rising, and has got up to a very respectable figure now. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Those friends were the Yollands--respectable, worthy people, a credit to the neighbourhood. 威爾基·柯林斯. 月亮寶石.
- To have imposed any derogatory work upon him, would have been to inflict a wanton insult on the feelings of a most respectable man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 大衛·科波菲爾.
- This remark he offers like a most respectable tradesman anxious to execute an order neatly and to the perfect satisfaction of his customer. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Answer:--which proved fatal to the inquiry for ten years--Mr. Vholes is considered, in the profession, a MOST respectable man. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- For note that Jesus did not set up some external fetich: he did not say, make your neighbor righteous, or chaste, or respectable. 沃爾特·李普曼. 政治序論.
- Both very respectable, she added. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- When next they met she said abruptly, He is much more respectable now than he was then! 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- Are you quite sure— If he is fit for respectable society? 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- It wouldn't be respectable. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
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