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单词 decorum
释义 de·co·rum
\də̇ˈkōrəm, dēˈk-, -kȯr-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Latin, from neuter of decorus
1. : literary and dramatic propriety especially as formulated and practiced by the neoclassicists:
 a. : a literary standard of appropriateness drawn from classical models and justified by nature, which was equated with social custom, and by reason, which was identified with good sense
  < wishes to subject art and literature to an elaborate set of restrictions in the name of decorum — Irving Babbitt >
 b. : a dramatic standard requiring that a character be presented in a way congruous with his presumed type or social condition
  < according to strict neoclassic decorum only the aristocracy had the right to appear in tragedy — Irving Babbitt >
2. : propriety and good taste especially in conduct, manners, or appearance : correctness
 < most correct in her conduct, strict in her notions of decorum, and with manners that were held a standard of good breeding — Jane Austen >
 < the whole performance was conducted with perfect decorum — Augustus John >
3. : the quality or state of being decorous : orderliness
 < the organization's decorum has rarely been shaken — W.F.Longgood >
4.
 a. obsolete : a fitting and appropriate act
 b. : an observance or requirement of polite behavior : convention — usually used in plural
  < their restoration to the established sobrieties and decorums of English life — H.G.Wells >
5. obsolete : beauty deriving from fitness or congruousness : comeliness
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