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N-UNCOUNT
合宜;得体;正派;合乎礼仪 Decency is the quality of following accepted moral standards.
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Unfortunately, on Friday night he showed neither decency nor dignity...
不幸的是，周五晚上他表现得既不得体，也不庄重。
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His sense of decency forced him to resign.
他顾及颜面，不得不辞了职。
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...the threat of rampant materialism to common decency and enlightened values.
物欲横流对起码的行为准则和文明的价值观所构成的威胁
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PHRASE
（出于礼貌）应该做（但没做）… If you say that someone did not have the decency to do something, you are criticizing them because there was a particular action which they did not do but which you believe they ought to have done.
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Nobody had the decency to inform me of what was planned.
竟然没有一个人最起码地通知我一声计划了些什么。
- Noun
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1. the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
- antonym： indecency
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2. the quality of being polite and respectable
- 1. A journalist should always live up to the ideals of truth, decency, and justice.
- 记者必须始终践行真实、正直、正义的理想。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. Governments are often drawn into disputes about matters of public taste and decency.
- 政府经常被拉入到有关公众品位和社会风化问题的争论中。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He is a man of decency.
- 他为人正派。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 4. His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.
- 他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.
- 你的行为有伤风化。
来自《简明英汉词典》
