英语词汇“decent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	decent
释义	de·cent \ˈdēs^ənt\ adjective (sometimes -er/-est) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin decent-, decens, present participle of decēre to be fitting, be proper; akin to Latin decus honor, ornament, dignus worthy, Greek dokein to seem good, seem, think, Sanskrit daśasyati he worships, favors 1. archaic a. : appropriate to circumstances or to social status < the funeral … was a decent solemnity — John Evelyn > b. : having tasteful appearance or proportions : well-formed : shapely < her decent hand — Alexander Pope > 2. : marked by acceptance as socially unobjectionable, proper, or suitable : not questionable or censurable : conforming to standards of propriety, etiquette, good taste, or morality < forsake a decent craft that he may pursue the gentilities of a profession — George Eliot > < his decent reticence is branded as hypocrisy — W.S.Maugham > 3. a. : free of anything improper or of suggestions of the immodest, lustful, or obscene : indicative or suggestive of virtue or propriety < speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd — George Santayana > b. : not nude : clothed with adequate modesty < one of her shoulder straps slipped down, leaving her perfectly decent by American standards — Santha Rama Rau > 4. : fairly good but not excellent : up to reasonable expectations : adequate, sufficient, satisfactory < in search of a decent meal — Robert Shaplen > < vile insanitary barracks to serve as substitutes for decent human shelter — Lewis Mumford > : not poor, scant, questionable, or marginal < only a single fortress put up a decent resistance — Robert Graves > 5. : marked by a combination of goodwill, sincerity, tolerance, uprightness, generosity, or fairness : not cruel, repressive, or vindictive < the decent people, the people on the side of the angels, the kind, reasonable, fair-minded people — Gladys B. Stern > Synonyms: see chaste, decorous
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