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ADJ-GRADED
体面的;可敬的;正派的 Someone or something that is respectable is approved of by society and considered to be morally correct.
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He came from a perfectly respectable middle-class family...
他出身于一个非常正派的中产阶级家庭。
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It was a highly respectable and what was called an 'old-fashioned' hotel situated not far from Piccadilly.
这是一家非常体面的“老式”旅馆，坐落在离皮卡迪利广场不远的地方。
respectably
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She's respectably dressed in jeans and sweatshirt.
她穿着牛仔裤和运动衫，非常得体。
respectability
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If she divorced Tony, she would lose the respectability she had as Mrs Tony Tatterton.
如果她和托尼离婚，将失去她作为托尼·塔特滕夫人的名望。
2.
ADJ-GRADED
好的;可观的;令人满意的 You can say that something is respectable when you mean that it is good enough or acceptable.
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...investments that offer respectable rates of return...
回报率可观的投资
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At last I have something respectable to wear!
我终于可以穿上体面的衣服了！
- Adjective
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1. worthy of respect;
- "a respectable woman"
- antonym： unrespectable
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2. deserving of esteem and respect;
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3. large in amount or extent or degree;
- 1. An upright man is respectable.
- 诚实的人是值得尊敬的。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. He gets a respectable income.
- 他的收入很可观。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. He got into trouble for seducing the daughter of a respectable tradesman.
- 他因为引诱一个有名望的商人的女儿而惹上了麻烦。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. He is too respectable for my taste.
- 那个人太高雅了，我不喜欢。
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 5. He was adopted into a respectable family.
- 他被一个有声望的家族所收养。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 6. He was respectable and no one questioned.
- 他品格高尚，没有人怀疑。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 7. His savings were just enough to pay for a respectable funeral.
- 他的存款刚好够办一个体面的葬礼。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 8. I must go and put on a clean shirt and make myself look respectable.
- 我得去换件干净的衬衫，让自己看上去体面些。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 9. It was an eminently respectable boarding school.
- 这是所非常好的寄宿学校。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 10. One's bearing is respectable.
- 品貌端庄。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 11. She seems respectable enough.
- 她看上去挺体面的。
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 12. This is a respectable household.
- 这是一户有声望的人家。
来自《用法词典》
- 13. We often read in novels how a seemingly respectable person or family has some terrible secret which has been concealed from strangers for years.
- 表面上道貌岸然的人或有声望的家庭，却有着骇人听闻，多年不让人知道的秘密，这样的事情我们经常在小说里读到。
来自《用法词典》
- 14. Year by year a few of these slang terms prove so useful that they graduate into respectable society.
- 年复一年， 这些俚语中的一些证明是十分有用的，因而逐渐进入了上流社会。
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
