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de·cent 英ˈdiːsənt美ˈdisəntAHDdēʹsənt ★★☆☆☆高四六研ＧＩＭＳＴ宝牛４６八COCA⁵³⁰⁵BNC⁴⁰⁹⁶iWeb²⁶⁷³Economist²⁶¹⁷
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adj.相当好的¹²;体面的⁵³;适当的¹⁰;正派的²⁵副词decently名词decentness
公正品质改变礼仪禁忌认可适当接受，收回
adj.形容词
相当不错的；像样的of a good enough standard or quality 正派的honest and fair; treating people with respect 适当的，得体的acceptable to people in a particular situation
Adjective:
socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous;from a decent family a nice girl according with custom or propriety;her becoming modesty comely behavior it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money a decent burial seemly behavior conforming to conventions of sexual behavior;speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd sufficient for the purpose;an adequate income the food was adequate a decent wage enough food food enough decently clothed;are you decent? observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress;a modest neckline in her dress though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards
Adverb:
in the right manner;please do your job properly! can't you carry me decent?
adj.形容词
decent,decorous,nice,proper,seemly这组词都用于表示人或人的言语、行为符合公认的、得体的标准或良好礼节的标准。其区别在于：decent表示该事物把自己限制在对其种属或阶层适宜或合适的范围内，无论从道德或社会礼节的观点，还是从高尚趣味或某种情况来看都是合适的；decorous表示该事物以遵循礼节为标志，通常指某种庄重的、有时是礼节上的、有时是形式上的拘谨；seemly表示该事物不仅是合适的、得体的，而且是好看、好听、招人喜欢的；proper表示该事物与公认的伦理或社会标准、习俗的要求完全一致；nice表示该事物可以满足对行为、礼貌、语言等近乎苛求的标准。 decent,descent这两个词词形相近只差一个字母s、读音相似decent ［'diːsnt］,descent ［dI'sent］，但词义完全不同。前者意为“体面的”，是形容词；后者意为“血统”，是名词。 来源于拉丁语dec.us, decor.is, n装饰,词干为-dec-, -décor-
词根词缀： -dec-装饰 + -ent形容词词尾
同源词：decorate, decoration, decorative, decorous, decorum, decency
用作形容词 adj.
～+名词decent behaviour举止端庄decent burial体面的葬礼decent dress讲究的衣服decent job相当不错的工作decent meal相当不错的饭菜decent living conditions像样的生活条件decent place to live相当不错的住所decent taste高雅的情趣decent voice不亢不卑的声调
用作形容词adj.do the decent thing做体面事，做人心所向的事 do what people or society expect 钱博士dec合适，得体+ent形容词后缀，来自拉丁语动词的现在分词形式，相当于ing→合适的，得体的→正派的，体面的⇒相当好的，得体的，穿好衣服的
词根dec-合适，表现得体来自拉丁语。它和希腊词根dog-接受，认可、拉丁词根dign-合适的，匹配的，值得的，高贵的最终都源自原始印欧语词根*dek-接受，匹配，合适。GRE红宝书de地, cent硬币: 我在马路边, 拣到一分钱, 把...多么得体的行为!
center 处于核心的社会阶层，体面且正派；de + cent 百，能打一百分的正派人适应与得体dec合适，得体+ent形容词后缀，来自拉丁语动词的现在分词形式，相当于ing→合适的，得体的→正派的，体面的⇒相当好的，得体的，穿好衣服的。非常记忆de弟〖谐音〗+cent一分钱〖熟词〗⇒体面的弟弟得到了一分钱联想记忆de离开＋cent分币→离开分币，不计较钱→大方的联想记忆de离开+cent分币→离开分币，不计较钱→大方的近义词 properrespectable反义词 improperindecentunsuitable
用作形容词adj.
用作定语
～+ n.It's a decent school.这是一所很体面的学校。
He earns a decent salary.他的收入相当好。
She has a decent figure.她体型相当不错。
She had seemed such a nice, decent woman.她过去看上去是一个那么和善的女人。
He is not rich but he earns a decent living.他不富有，但生活得相当不错。
Everyone should be entitled to a decent wage and a decent home.人人都有权得到体面的工资和一个美好的家庭。
Every executive needed a few suits and a decent overcoat.每个管理人员都需要几套西服和一件像样儿的大衣。
He is a very decent fellow.他是个正派的人。
I thought he was a decent sort of person.我以为他是那种正派的人。
I tell you decent people, just don't do things like that.我告诉你们这些正派的人，不要做这种事。
Everyone said he was a decent sort of guy.人人都说他是个品行端正的小伙子。
She was a decent young woman of a sober age, less inclined to giggle than many of the younger ones.她是个老成持重的年轻女人，不像很多更年轻些的姑娘那样爱嘻嘻哈哈。
All I ask is you get that guy out of here when I've got decent trade.别的不说了，你给我把这个家伙弄出去，要知道本人还得做正经事呢。
He always uses decent language.他总是使用正统的语言。
I need a decent night's sleep.我需要好好地睡上一觉。
You must wear decent clothes when you go for a new job.你去求职时着装要得体。
Poor people cannot always live in decent conditions.穷人生活不能经常保持体面。
He let a decent amount of time pass before he phoned her again.他得体地过了一段时间以后才又给她打了电话。
They went to visit him after a decent interval.过了一段适当的时间后，他们去拜访他。
She did not have a decent coat for the cold winter.她没有过冬御寒的合适外套。
She ought to have waited for a decent internal before getting married again.她再嫁也应该适当等上一段时间。
He sought a decent pretext for venting his displeasure.他一心想找个名正言顺的借口发泄不满。
用作表语
S+be+～He said he was decent.他说他衣服穿好了。
I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.我不能去开门——我还没穿好衣服。
I don't think the low-cut dress is decent.我认为那种袒胸露肩的连衣裙不雅观。
Put on a decent shirt and try to look decent.穿上一件像样的衬衣，尽量显得体面些。S+be+～+ prep. -phraseShe was awfully decent about that affair.对那种事，她极宽容。
And then he was awfully decent about giving me this job.当时他特别宽厚，将这件工作交给了我。
My boss was very decent about my being away when my mother was ill.我的老板待我非常宽厚，我母亲生病时准我告假离去。
She was pretty decent about the whole affair.她对整个儿这件事都不计较。
He was quite decent to me.他对我相当和气。
My tutor was decent to me about my mistake.导师原谅了我的错误。
The critics were decent to the author about his play.评论家们对作者的剧本的批评是宽厚的。
Above all things he wanted to be decent in his treatment of people.最重要的是，他想宽厚待人。
I'm not sure the movie is decent enough for the children.我不知道这部电影是不是适合儿童看。It is/was+～+of sb to- vIt's not decent to smile at a funeral.在葬礼上发笑是失礼的。
It is not decent to pry into other people's business.到处打听别人的事是不礼貌的。
It is not decent to laugh at a crippled person.笑话一个瘸子是不得体的行为。
It was decent of her to let you have it.她很宽厚，让你把东西拿走。
It was decent of you to look after the children yesterday.你昨天为我照看孩子真太好了。
It was decent of you to help me.承蒙帮助，十分感谢。Pindecenta.下流的不礼貌的Pindecentlyad.下流举止粗鄙不体面猥亵不适当不合适
adj.形容词
decent的基本意思是“相当不错的，像样的，尚好的”，可修饰具体的东西，也可以修饰抽象的事物，尤用于口语。decent也可用于形容人或人的言语或行为举止，意为“正派的，正经的，高雅的，严肃的，公平的，合乎礼节的”。decent还可用于表示某物、某事对特定场合下的某人“合宜的，得体的，适当的，适度的”。 习语do the ～ thing可表示“做人们或社会所期望做的事”，即做人心所向的事，做体面的事，尤指在困难形势下。
形容词99%,名词1%
用作形容词Are there anydecentrestaurants around here?这附近有没有好的餐厅？
He dreamed of living indecentconditions.他梦想着过体面的生活。
The lack ofdecentpublic transport is a great disadvantage.没有适当的公共交通工具是很不方便的。
John and his wife Leah are verydecentpeople.约翰是他的妻子丽亚都是非常正派的人。adj.respectable, appropriate
同义词 correct,good,honest,honorable,modest,noble,polite,proper,prudent,trustworthyrightapproved,becoming,befitting,chaste,clean,comely,comme il faut,conforming,continent,decorous,delicate,ethical,fit,fitting,immaculate,mannerly,moral,nice,on the up and up,presentable,pure,reserved,seemly,spotless,stainless,standard,straight,straight arrow,straight shooting,suitable,unblemished,undefiled,untarnished,upright,virtuous,worthy
反义词 improper,incorrect,misbehaving,unrefined,unreliable,unsophisticated,unsuitable,untrustworthydisobliging,inappropriate,indecent,insufficient,intolerable,poor,unaccommodating,ungenerous,unkind,unrespectable,unsuitedadj.kind, generous
同义词 courteous,gracious,thoughtfulaccommodating,friendly,helpful,obliging,virtuous
反义词 discourteous,rudedisobliging,inappropriate,indecent,insufficient,intolerable,poor,unaccommodating,ungenerous,unkind,unrespectable,unsuitable,unsuitedadj.sufficient, tolerable
同义词 acceptable,adequate,comfortable,competent,fair,good,mediocre,reasonable,respectable,satisfactoryrightall right,ample,average,common,enough,fair to middling,middling,moderately good,passable,presentable,sufficing,unexceptional,unimpeachable,unobjectionable
反义词 bad,disagreeable,inadequate,incompetent,inferior,insufficient,unacceptable,unfit,unreasonable,unsatisfactory,unsuitabledisobliging,inappropriate,indecent,intolerable,poor,unaccommodating,ungenerous,unkind,unrespectable,unsuited
OKadjective acceptable
A-OK,adequate,admissible,all right,average,big,common,cooking with gas,cool,copacetic,delightful,fair,fairish,goodish,hep,hip,hunky-dory,in the swim,kosher,large,moderate,okay,on the ball,on the beam,passable,peachy keen,pleasant,pleasing,respectable,right on,satisfactory,standard,sufficient,swell,tolerable,trendy,unexceptional,unobjectionable,up to code,up to snuff,welcome
acceptableadjective satisfactory, agreeable
A-OK,adequate,admissible,all right,average,big,common,cooking with gas,cool,copacetic,decent,delightful,fair,hep,hip,hunky-dory,in the swim,kosher,large,okay,on the ball,on the beam,passable,peachy keen,pleasant,pleasing,respectable,right on,standard,sufficient,swell,tolerable,trendy,unexceptional,unobjectionable,up to code,up to snuff,welcome
adequateadjective enough, able
acceptable,all right,capable,comfortable,commensurate,competent,decent,equal,fair,passable,requisite,satisfactory,sufficient,sufficing,suitable,tolerable,unexceptional,unobjectionable
all rightadjective satisfactory
acceptable,adequate,appropriate,average,decent,fair,fit,fitting,good,hunky-dory,okay,okey-dokey,passable,proper,satisfying,standard,sufficient,swell,tolerable,unexceptional,unobjectionable
becomingadjective suitable;appropriate
befitting,comme il faut,compatible,conforming,congruous,correct,decent,decorous,fit,fitting,in keeping,nice,proper,right,seemly,worthy
befittingadjective appropriate
according to Hoyle,apt,becomingbehoovingbeseeming,comme il faut,conforming,correct,decent,decorous,felicitous,fit,fitting,happy,just,kosher,nice,on the button,on the nose,proper,right,right on,seemly,suitable,what the doctor ordered A decent drawing program and a word processor are more than sufficient for our purposes.
对于我们的目的，相当好的绘图程序和字处理器就已足够。 ibm
It takes stones of all shapes and sizes to build a decent nest and finding ones that are just right is not easy.
建立一个像样的巢需要很多各种形状和大小的石头，而要找到恰到好处的石头并不那么容易。 hjenglish
All across America are good, decent folks who meet their obligations each and every day.
所有的美国人都是好的，体面的人们每天都在践行着他们的责任。 putclub.com
Americans are generous and strong and decent, not because we believe in ourselves, but because we hold beliefs beyond ourselves.
美国人民慷慨、强大、体面，这并非因为我们信任我们自己，而是因为我们拥有超越我们自己的信念。 ebigear
Concerns about maintaining decent levels of capital help to explain why the transaction is largely in shares, not cash.
对维持像样水平的资本援助的关注解释了为什么交易大多以股份，而不是现金达成。 ecocn
He also makes a decent chicken piccata.
他还做得一手像样的溜鸡片。 yeeyan
He had to invade Manhattan in his Town Car for a white rose and a decent bottle of wine.
他不得不开着他的城市车来到曼哈顿，买了一朵白玫瑰和一瓶像样的红酒。 yeeyan
He just wants to find a decent job after graduation.
他们只是想在毕业后找一个得体的工作。 yeeyan
He was the only thing there that seemed decent: and I thought he never looked better.
他是那里唯一的看上去很体面的人；我认为他从来没有这样好看过。 putclub
I think any decent person would say that.
我想所有正派的人都会这样回答。163
If you worked hard, chances are you’d have a job for life, with a decent paycheck and good benefits and the occasional promotion.
如果你努力工作，你就能有获得一份终生工作的机会，有着体面的薪水，良好的福利，偶尔还能得到晋升。 yeeyan
My friend Daniel has no education so it's hard for him to find a decent job and earn enough money for his family.
这句话的意思是：我的朋友丹尼尔没有受过教育，所以很难找到一个像样的工作，有足够的钱来养家活口。 examw
There isn't even a decent table in this room.
这屋里连张像样的桌子也没有。《新英汉大辞典》
There were some positives, like lower-than- expected job loss claims and retail sales that were decent.
有一些积极的东西，低于预期的就业损失索赔和零售销售是体面的。 yeeyan
Win or lose, she will fight for better schools, better hospitals, for decent roads and clean water.
无论是赢还是输，她都将为更好的学校，更好的医院，像样的道路和干净的水而斗争。 yeeyan
Yet the converse— the notion that some children might be the bad seeds of more or less decent parents— is hard to take.
然而反之——有些孩子可能就是多少有些体面的父母的不良种子这一概念——却令人难以接受。 yeeyan |