单词音标:
【音标】 ['di:sәnt]
汉语翻译
a. 有分寸的, 得体的, 大方的词型变化:
名词:decentness 副词:decently英语解释:
形容词 decent:
- socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous同义词:nice
- according with custom or propriety同义词:becoming, comely, comme il faut, decorous, seemly
- conforming to conventions of sexual behavior- George Santayana
- enough to meet a purpose同义词:adequate, enough
- decently clothed
- observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
副词 decent:
- in the right manner同义词:properly, decently, in good order, right, the right way
例句:
- The lack of decent public transport is a great disadvantage.没有适当的公共交通工具是很不方便的。
- His first novel was a flash in the pan, and he hasn't written anything decent since.他的第一部小说如昙花一现,此後他再没写出像样的东西。
- He dreamed of living in decent conditions.他梦想着过体面的生活。
- It was decent of her to help the homeless.她帮助无家可归的人,真是可敬。
详细解释:
de.cent
adj.(形容词)Characterized by conformity to recognized standards of propriety or morality.得体的:以符合公认的行为和道德规范为特征的Free from indelicacy; modest.高雅的;体面的Meeting accepted standards; adequate:象样的,足够的:达到了可接受的标准的;足够的:例句:a decent salary.一份相当不错的薪水
Morally upright; respectable.正派的:道德上正直的;值得尊敬的Kind or obliging:亲切的:和蔼的或助人的:例句:very decent of them to lend you money.他们借给你钱真是好
Informal Properly or modestly dressed.【非正式用语】 适宜的:穿着适当的或得体的
来源:Latin decôns decent- [present participle of] decôre [to be fitting] * see dek- 拉丁语 decôns decent- [] decôre的现在分词 [适合的] *参见 dek-
【引伸】
de.cently
adv.(副词)de.centness
n.(名词)