名词正派; 体面; 正直; 社会上高尚文雅行为的标准
decency
名词
1. He didn't even have the decency to call.
他不懂情理，连个电话都不打。
2. We must observe the decencies.
我们一定要遵守规矩。
3. She had the decency to admit her error.
她气量大，承认了自己的错误。
1. 庄重：他表示,一些学术界的朋友认为市场改革毁灭了中国的道德架构,但我认为这次显示情况并非如此,中国人基本的庄重(decency)和同情心并没有被个人主义击败.
2. 得体：而传统主义者,包括自由主义的传统主义者,针锋相对地指出,某些调节个人选择的核心原则 和美德对于维持社会凝聚和得体(decency)是根本性的,为什么就不能使法律、公共教育、法官和陪审团偏向它们?
1. 合宜;得体;正派;合乎礼仪
Decency is the quality of following accepted moral standards.
e.g. 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。
e.g. His sense of decency forced him to resign.
他顾及颜面，不得不辞了职。
2. 911查询·英语单词
2. （出于礼貌）应该做（但没做）…
If you say that someone did not have the decency to do 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.
e.g. 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。
1. decency
1. Such outbursts not only defy logic or even common sense, but also trample on basic human decency and ethics.
2. Our confidence and decency comes from our understanding and respect of our dear planet but luxury.
3. decency
3. " There needs to be ground rules for decency, " a ministry spokesman said.
4. The third is about the redemption of one Japanese soldier, who manages to retain a semblance of human decency despite all the cruelties around him.
5. I guess with so many people looking for an apartment in Beijing, they practically rent themselves because it's definitely not common decency that's doing the tick.
6. Some lawmakers have been pushing for stiffer penalties against radio and TV outlets that violate federal broadcast decency standards.
7. The examination of what women are wearing with the excuse of decency always gains support in a patriarchal society.
8. All websites inevitably must monitor the content contained therein to ensure that it complies with standards of decency and the relevant laws and regulations.
9. These were heartless suggestions that were an insult to the intelligence and decency of the majority of the people of Hong Kong.
10. The head of the panel that drafted the law said Muslim beliefs about decency had influenced its decision.
noun
1. the quality of being polite and respectable
2. the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality