decency

英 [ˈdiːsnsi]

美 [ˈdiːsnsi]

n.  正派; 得体; 彬彬有礼; 礼仪; 行为准则

复数：decencies　

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Collins.1 / BNC.9570 / COCA.10391

牛津词典

noun

• 正派；得体；彬彬有礼
  honest, polite behaviour that follows accepted moral standards and shows respect for others
  1. 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。
  2. Have you no sense of decency ?
     你礼貌都不懂吗？
  3. He might have had the decency to apologize.
     他其实应该道个歉的。
• 礼仪；行为准则
  standards of behaviour in society that people think are acceptable
  1. the basic decencies of civilized society
     文明社会的基本行为准则

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 合宜;得体;正派;合乎礼仪
  Decencyis the quality of following accepted moral standards.
  1. 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。
  2. His sense of decency forced him to resign.
     他顾及颜面，不得不辞了职。
  3. ...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
• PHRASE （出于礼貌）应该做（但没做）…
  If you say that someonedid not have the decency todo 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.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the quality of being polite and respectable
• the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality

双语例句

• Have the decency to apologize for what you did!
  讲点礼貌，为你所做的事道歉！
• Common decency would prohibit me from doing so.
  礼仪禁止我这样做。
• In practicing this unusual, apparently out-dated gesture of washing feet, we declare to ourselves and the world that we will not be slaves to the world's ideals of fashion, efficiency and decency.
  我们通过体验洗脚这一不寻常的、明显过时了的姿势，来向自己和世界宣告：我们不再是世俗理念中的要时髦、要高效和要得体的奴隶。
• 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。
• Sheldon: This affront to justice and decency cannot go unanswered.
  这是对正义和尊严的侮辱，不能置之不理。
• They tried to restore some sense and decency to the administration.
  他们试图使政府恢复些以往的理智和体面。
• 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。
• Surely if the woman had any decency at all, she'd have withdrawn at once
  当然如果这个女人懂点礼节的话，她会马上离开。
• I believe in God, and I believe in human decency.
  我相信上帝的存在，我相信人类的尊严。
• It would have been only common decency to phone and say you'd be late.
  打个电话说你会迟到，这只是最起码的礼貌。