decent
- adj. 相当好的;体面的;适当的;正派的
详细释义
- 像样的
- 正派的
- 体面的,得体的
- 合宜的,适当的
- 穿好了衣服的
- 合乎礼仪的
- 还不错的,尚好的,过得去的
- 亲切的
- 宽容的
- 乐于助人的
- 相当好的
- 相当不错的;像样的 of a good enough standard or quality
- 正派的 honest and fair; treating people with respect
- 适当的,得体的 acceptable to people in a particular situation
英英释义
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socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;
"from a decent family"
"a nice girl"
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according with custom or propriety;
"her becoming modesty"
"comely behavior"
"it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"
"a decent burial"
"seemly behavior"
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conforming to conventions of sexual behavior;
"speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"
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sufficient for the purpose;
"an adequate income"
"the food was adequate"
"a decent wage"
"enough food"
"food enough"
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decently clothed;
"are you decent?"
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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"
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in the right manner;
"please do your job properly!"
"can't you carry me decent?"
双语例句
- 1. I went to Brooks Brothers and bought myself a decent shirt.
- 我去布鲁克斯兄弟专卖店给自己买了一件体面的衬衫。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. You need hard currency to get anything halfway decent.
- 你得有硬通货才能买到还算不错的东西。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He must make a decent living from other artists covering his songs.
- 其他艺术家翻唱他的歌曲,一定使他过上了收入颇为可观的生活。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. The lack of a decent education did not defeat Rey.
- 缺乏良好的教育并没有挡住雷伊。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. He attacked the food as quickly as decent table manners allowed.
- 他在不失礼的情况下尽可能快地进餐。
来自柯林斯例句
- Are there any decent restaurants around here?
这附近有没有好的餐厅? - He dreamed of living in decent conditions.
他梦想着过体面的生活。 - The lack of decent public transport is a great disadvantage.
没有适当的公共交通工具是很不方便的。 - John and his wife Leah are very decent people.
约翰是他的妻子丽亚都是非常正派的人。
- It's a decent school.
这是一所很体面的学校。 - He earns a decent salary.
他的收入相当好。 - She has a decent figure.
她体型相当不错。 - She had seemed such a nice, decent woman.
她过去看上去是一个那么和善的女人。 - He is not rich but he earns a decent living.
他不富有,但生活得相当不错。 - Everyone should be entitled to a decent wage and a decent home.
人人都有权得到体面的工资和一个美好的家庭。 - Every executive needed a few suits and a decent overcoat.
每个管理人员都需要几套西服和一件像样儿的大衣。 - He is a very decent fellow.
他是个正派的人。 - I thought he was a decent sort of person.
我以为他是那种正派的人。 - I tell you decent people, just don't do things like that.
我告诉你们这些正派的人,不要做这种事。 - Everyone said he was a decent sort of guy.
人人都说他是个品行端正的小伙子。 - She was a decent young woman of a sober age, less inclined to giggle than many of the younger ones.
她是个老成持重的年轻女人,不像很多更年轻些的姑娘那样爱嘻嘻哈哈。 - All I ask is you get that guy out of here when I've got decent trade.
别的不说了,你给我把这个家伙弄出去,要知道本人还得做正经事呢。 - He always uses decent language.
他总是使用正统的语言。 - I need a decent night's sleep.
我需要好好地睡上一觉。 - You must wear decent clothes when you go for a new job.
你去求职时着装要得体。 - Poor people cannot always live in decent conditions.
穷人生活不能经常保持体面。 - He let a decent amount of time pass before he phoned her again.
他得体地过了一段时间以后才又给她打了电话。 - They went to visit him after a decent interval.
过了一段适当的时间后,他们去拜访他。 - She did not have a decent coat for the cold winter.
她没有过冬御寒的合适外套。 - She ought to have waited for a decent internal before getting married again.
她再嫁也应该适当等上一段时间。 - He sought a decent pretext for venting his displeasure.
他一心想找个名正言顺的借口发泄不满。 - He said he was decent.
他说他衣服穿好了。 - I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.
我不能去开门——我还没穿好衣服。 - I don't think the low-cut dress is decent.
我认为那种袒胸露肩的连衣裙不雅观。 - Put on a decent shirt and try to look decent.
穿上一件像样的衬衣,尽量显得体面些。 - She was awfully decent about that affair.
对那种事,她极宽容。 - And then he was awfully decent about giving me this job.
当时他特别宽厚,将这件工作交给了我。 - My boss was very decent about my being away when my mother was ill.
我的老板待我非常宽厚,我母亲生病时准我告假离去。 - She was pretty decent about the whole affair.
她对整个儿这件事都不计较。 - He was quite decent to me.
他对我相当和气。 - My tutor was decent to me about my mistake.
导师原谅了我的错误。 - The critics were decent to the author about his play.
评论家们对作者的剧本的批评是宽厚的。 - Above all things he wanted to be decent in his treatment of people.
最重要的是,他想宽厚待人。 - I'm not sure the movie is decent enough for the children.
我不知道这部电影是不是适合儿童看。 - It's not decent to smile at a funeral.
在葬礼上发笑是失礼的。 - It is not decent to pry into other people's business.
到处打听别人的事是不礼貌的。 - It is not decent to laugh at a crippled person.
笑话一个瘸子是不得体的行为。 - It was decent of her to let you have it.
她很宽厚,让你把东西拿走。 - It was decent of you to look after the children yesterday.
你昨天为我照看孩子真太好了。 - It was decent of you to help me.
承蒙帮助,十分感谢。
用法讲解
- decent的基本意思是“相当不错的,像样的,尚好的”,可修饰具体的东西,也可以修饰抽象的事物,尤用于口语。decent也可用于形容人或人的言语或行为举止,意为“正派的,正经的,高雅的,严肃的,公平的,合乎礼节的”。decent还可用于表示某物、某事对特定场合下的某人“合宜的,得体的,适当的,适度的”。
- 习语do the ~ thing可表示“做人们或社会所期望做的事”,即做人心所向的事,做体面的事,尤指在困难形势下。
- decent,decorous,nice,proper,seemly
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- 这组词都用于表示人或人的言语、行为符合公认的、得体的标准或良好礼节的标准。其区别在于:decent表示该事物把自己限制在对其种属或阶层适宜或合适的范围内,无论从道德或社会礼节的观点,还是从高尚趣味或某种情况来看都是合适的;decorous表示该事物以遵循礼节为标志,通常指某种庄重的、有时是礼节上的、有时是形式上的拘谨;seemly表示该事物不仅是合适的、得体的,而且是好看、好听、招人喜欢的;proper表示该事物与公认的伦理或社会标准、习俗的要求完全一致;nice表示该事物可以满足对行为、礼貌、语言等近乎苛求的标准。
- decent,descent
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- 这两个词词形相近(只差一个字母s)、读音相似(decent ['diːsnt],descent [dI'sent]),但词义完全不同。前者意为“体面的”,是形容词;后者意为“血统”,是名词。
- do the decent thing
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做体面事,做人心所向的事 do what people or society expect
- decent behaviour 举止端庄
- decent burial 体面的葬礼
- decent dress 讲究的衣服
- decent job 相当不错的工作
- decent meal 相当不错的饭菜
- decent living conditions 像样的生活条件
- decent place to live 相当不错的住所
- decent taste 高雅的情趣
- decent voice 不亢不卑的声调