decency
美 [ˈdis(ə)nsi] 
英 [ˈdiːs(ə)nsi]
- n.正派；得体；彬彬有礼；礼仪
- 网络体面；庄重；礼貌
词形变化
复数：decencies 反义词
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英汉双解
1. | [u] 正派；得体；彬彬有礼honest, polite behaviour that follows accepted moral standards and shows respect for others |
| Her behaviour showed a total lack of common decency . 她的举止显示她连起码的礼节都不懂。 |
| Have you no sense of decency ? 你礼貌都不懂吗？ |
| He might have had the decency to apologize. 他其实应该道个歉的。 |
2. | [pl] 礼仪；行为准则standards of behaviour in society that people think are acceptable |
| the basic decencies of civilized society 文明社会的基本行为准则 |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
I know you don't like him, but at least have the decency to be polite to him in public.
我知道你不喜欢他，但至少在公共场合下表现出有礼貌的庄重神情。
Developers with even a bit of decency have pushed back or even left projects over this sort of behavior.
懂得些许礼数的开发人员大都因为这类行为而撤出或离开项目。
"I thought he would show some more human decency in admitting he made a mistake, " he said Monday. "We didn't really see that. "
“我以为他会在承认自己犯错时表现出更多的人类尊严”他在周一说，“我们没有看到这一点。”
She might have the decency not to telephone him at dinner time. Don't you think?
她不应当在吃晚饭时给他打电话。她应该懂得点体面，你说对吗？
"Jesus, Tommy, " I said, feeling I had to say something, out of common decency.
我说道。仅仅出于礼貌，我也觉得不得不说点什么。
I accepted that all above me was all that was fine and noble and gracious, all that gave decency and dignity to life.
我承认，上流社会的生活是美好的，高贵的，优雅的，它给了生命体面和尊严。
He was shrewd after his kind, and yet there was enough decency in the man to stop him from making any effectual protest.
他有他的精明之处，可是这个人很好面子，这妨碍了他提出任何有力的抗议。
Arthur: But to be a man, is to have the heart of man. Integrity, decency , sympathy.
但是作为人，是要有人的心灵。诚实，正直，有同情心。
It should have been a joyous occasion, a time to celebrate a program that has brought dignity and decency to the lives of older Americans.
这本来应该是一个欢乐的时刻，一个庆贺这个给年长的美国人带来尊严与体面的计划的时刻。
Perhaps he had decided that they had no future together. But surely he would have the decency to tell her to her face.
也许，他已下了决心对他们的未来感到了绝望，可他一定会亲自告诉她。
I can see clothes of silk, if materials that do not hide the body, nor even one's decency, can be called clothes.
我能看见被称作服装的丝绸服装，如果这些料子没有把人的身体掩藏起来的话，甚至没有把某人的颓废掩藏起来的话。
Since she is your aunt by law, it would be only common decency to ask her to the wedding.
在法律上她还是你的婶婶，所以邀请她参加婚礼也不失为一个合乎礼仪的举措。
To steal something of sentimental value shows a total lack of common decency.
偷盗具有情感价值的东西说明这个人连最起码的行为准则都彻底失去了。
They are just a nod to public decency, a frilly piece of tokenism that first emerged in Thirties strip clubs.
它们只是在公众面前展示雅观的产物，是首先出现于30年代的脱衣俱乐部中的象征性的一小块布。
Seriously, the only saving grace of this film is that the directors had the decency to put hot chicks in front of the camera.
事实上，这部电影唯一持有的一点温柔就是导演得体地把美女辣妹放在了镜头前。
Even more than Obama's intelligence and personal charm, what sealed Michelle's love for him was his sense of decency and compassion.
即便是奥巴马的智慧和个人魅力她也不感兴趣，是奥巴马的体面和同情心偷走了米歇尔对他的爱。
It violates Chinese ideas of propriety, not to say of decency, in a great variety of ways.
它在许多方面违反了中国的关于恰当得体的观念，更谈不上合乎礼仪了。
On the contrary, the better his reputation for integrity, honesty, and decency, the better is chances of victory will be in the long run.
在相反者身上，比较好的他名誉为正直，诚实和得体，愈比较好是胜利的机会将会是最后。
but as a human being, you simply cannot do so and retain any sort of basicsanity or decency.
但作为一个人类，你根本无法这样做，还要保留任何基本的明智或体面。
We admire decency and we despise death but even the mountains seem to shift in the space of a night.
我们赞赏端庄大方，我们藐视死亡，可是连高山都会一夜之间挪了窝。
He hoped that for once the individual he referred to would have the decency to restrain himself.
他希望这一回他提到的那个人能够自尊自爱一些，克制一下自己。
Though for the sake of decency I had to offer it to her also.
然而为了礼貌的关系，我也不得不给她。
Its many frank references to nudity and sexuality offended nineteenth-century notions of decency.
书中对裸体和性的露骨描写触犯了19世纪的正统观念。
That's none such an entirely bad little man with the red head, he has some spunks of decency.
这个红头发小家伙倒不完全是个坏人，他倒还有点正派人的味道。
She was never on a leadership position. But her decency ideas, kindness and sound people skill will make her a good leader.
她从未做过领导工作，但是思想正派，人缘好，为人和善宽容，会做好领导工作的。
I have nothing but admiration for the dignity and decency displayed by the Japanese in dealing with this catastrophe.
我只能钦佩日本人面对灾难时所展现的尊严与品格。
He and his hind are the only representatives of decency combined with intelligence.
唯有他和他那样的人才是作风正派而又有聪明才智的人杰。
He hoped that for once the individual he referred to would have the decency to restrain himself.
他希望这一回他提到的那个人能够自尊自爱一些，克制一下自己。
Great country, decency and prosperous, at a time of peace and harmonious happy.
泱泱大国，礼仪兴邦，时值和谐美满的太平盛世。
a world, which others can dominate with impunity, would be inhospitable to decency and a threat to the well- being of all people.
我们不想进行恫吓，但是显然，一个别人可以不受惩罚地统治的世界将会是无礼的，对人类的福利是一种威胁。
In this new decade, it's time the American people get a government that matches their decency; that embodies their strength.
在这个新的十年里，正是美国人民应获得一个能配得上其庄严、能体现其力量的政府之时。
And those who were so traitorous as not to believe should, at least, have the decency to keep their mouths shut.
那些心怀叛以致不肯相信的人，至少也应该知趣一些，不要开口呀！
"There's a core decency to the American people that doesn't get enough attention, " he said.
“对于那些不太注重这个问题的美国人来说有一个至关重要的面子问题，”他说。
You'd think he'd have the common decency to apologize for what he said.
你还以为他懂礼貌，会为他说的话道歉。
The sympathy she felt for Hurstwood, at the time he asked her to tide him over, vanished with these newer urgings of decency.
她有了这些新的想要体面的迫切要求之后，当赫斯渥求她帮助他度过难关时，她对他抱有的那份同情就消失了。
Well, hopefully they'll have the decency to call in sick and stop spreading the illness further.
那麽，希望他们会礼貌的要求停止疾病的传播吧。
Decency, Tsotsi. You know the word?
体面，你懂这个词吗？。
In the end, all the world's wealth and a thousand armies are no match for the strength and decency of the human spirit.
到最后，整个世界的财富和千支军队都无法与人类精神力量和精神文明相匹敌。
And all of this would have pleased Dr. King. -He had great faith in the fairness and decency of the American people.
而这都会让金博士欣慰。-他对美国人的公平和正直坚信不已。
He was a man of decency and good judgment.
他是一个正派的、判断力很强的人。
He: If a sense of decency, emotional specificity, love life. Sincerely want to be a family man, please contact me.
他：要是一个品行端正，感情专一，热爱生活。诚心诚意想有一个家的男士，请跟我联系。
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。
It is one of their most fundamental responsibilities to impart to their children the values of integrity, decency, and respect for others.
而教授他们的孩子正直、正派、尊重他人的重要性也是父母的重要责任之一。
Persons may also be called upon to exhibit qualities of decency which go above and beyond merely respecting others' rights.
团体也可以被召到展览的正直感的质量去超出仅仅是尊重他人的权益。
