| 单词 | decency |
| 释义 | decency (once / 1025 pages) n The personal quality of decency is one of honesty, good manners, and respect for other people. Over time, decency has referred to manners, but today decency is mainly a strong sense of right and wrong, and a high standard of honesty. When a criminal or dictator does horrible things, people assume they have no sense of decency. When a tasteless or violent TV show becomes popular, some people wonder if society has lost its sense of decency. Asking "Have you no decency?" is a serious question, unless you're being silly and complaining about something like homework. WORD FAMILYdecency: decencies+/decent: decency, decenter, decentest, decently, indecent/indecency: indecencies/indecent: indecency, indecenter, indecently USAGE EXAMPLESIt played like an average, unreliable squad that settles for decency, squints when the lights are bright and fails to maximize its best attributes. Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) “It’s a disgrace. . . . It was a situation way beyond decency.” Washington Post(Dec 31, 2016) Dialogue and decency: In today’s hyper-polarized political climate, these are as rare as unicorns. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) 1n the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality Ant|Hypo|Hyper indecency the quality of being indecent modestness, modesty freedom from vanity or conceit Grundyism, primness, prudery, prudishnessexcessive or affected modesty correctitude, properness, propriety correct or appropriate behavior 2n the quality of being polite and respectable Hyper reputability, respectability honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation |
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