decently

adv.  体面地; 合适地

BNC.18712 / COCA.22946



柯林斯词典

  1. ADJ 像样的;尚好的;过得去的
    Decent is used to describe something which is considered to be of an acceptable standard or quality.
    1. Nearby is a village with a decent pub...
      附近的村子里有一家还不错的酒馆。
    2. He didn't get a decent explanation...
      他没有得到一个像样的解释。
    3. The lack of a decent education did not defeat Rey.
      缺乏良好的教育并没有挡住雷伊。
  2. ADJ 合宜的;得体的;适当的;正当的
    Decent is used to describe something which is morally correct or acceptable.
    1. But, after a decent interval, trade relations began to return to normal...
      但是适当地间断一段时间后,贸易关系开始恢复正常。
    2. She watched his face, as the coffin was lowered into the ground. As soon as it was decent, he plunged through the crowd towards the cars.
      棺材慢慢放入墓穴时她一直注视着他的脸。礼仪许可的时间一到,他便挤过人群走向那些车子。
  3. ADJ-GRADED (人)正派的,正直的,规矩的
    Decent people are honest and behave in a way that most people approve of.
    1. The majority of people around here are decent people...
      这里的大多数人都很正派。
    2. The jury will see what a decent guy he is.
      陪审团将会认识到他是一个多么正派的人。
  4. PHRASE 做(不想做但)应该做的事
    If you say that someone should do the decent thing, you mean that they should do something which they do not really want to do, but which you think they ought to do.
    1. He should do the decent thing and resign.
      他应该识时务地辞职。

双语例句

  1. The children do not know how to behave themselves decently.
    小孩子不懂如何举止得体。
  2. You're not going out unless you're decently dressed.
    你要出去的话,得穿体面一些。
  3. If it's a decently sized program, it's going to have a lot of functions and procedures.
    一个正常大小的程序往往都会有大量的函数和过程。
  4. It is safe, decently priced and the landscapes are stunning-blue lakes and snow-capped mountains, glaciers and the ocean, fiords and beaches.
    这项运动很安全,价格适中,并且风景也美极了&蓝色的湖和顶部覆雪的山,冰川和海洋,峡湾和海滩。
  5. Professionally, I am a decently busy photographer and yoga teacher.
    工作上,我是一个体面的摄影师和瑜伽教练。
  6. And it needs to provide services that are responsive and financially fair, while treating people decently.
    所提供的服务必须有针对性和经济上的公平性,同时要尊重人的尊严。
  7. Dress up decently, most get ready before the favour, expression must have self-confidence.
    得体的妆扮,最好事前预备好,表现得有自信。
  8. It's really time for me to leave and he walks me to my car, which thank heavens is decently clean, with no McDonald's Happy Meal figures on the front seat.
    我真的该走了,他陪我走到我的车边上,谢天谢地,我的车还算干净,不丢人,前座上没有麦当劳开心乐园餐娃娃。
  9. Let all things be done decently and in order.
    凡事都要规规矩矩的按着次序行。
  10. Hard to predict but the center of mass behaves decently.
    很难预测,但质量中心稳定运动。
  11. He was now decently clothed in a "sport shirt," open at the neck, sneakers, and duck trousers of a nebulous hue.
    他现在衣服整齐一些了,穿着一件敞领的运动衫、一双运动鞋和一条颜色不清不楚的帆布裤。
  12. People dressed themselves decently and flocked to the square for the celebration.
    人们穿着体面的衣服,成群结队地去广场参加庆祝会。
  13. It's really not so hard to act decently.
    表现得大方一点并不那么难。
  14. To achieve a good first impression, we'd better dress properly, talk decently.
    为了留下一个好的第一印象,我们最好穿着合适,谈吐得体。
  15. The struggle of a disabled man in Boston to survive, to live decently is our struggle.
    波士顿残疾人为生存、为过上体面生活的斗争就是我们的斗争。
  16. Husbands roused wives at dawn and told them as much as could be decently told to women.
    丈夫清早把太太叫醒,把能对女人说得出口的情节都告诉她们了。
  17. He have not body enough to cover his mind decently; his intellect be improperly exposed.
    他没有足够的肉体来大大方方地遮掩其精神;他的才智突出得不象样子。
  18. In Maxton, he said, the farmers always treated their pigs decently.
    他说在马克斯顿农民对待猪的方式总是很体面的。
  19. They might decently submerge themselves until the misery and shame of this had in part at least been forgotten.
    他们也许可以相当体面地暂时销声匿迹,等到这次的不幸和羞辱至少部分地被人淡忘后再说。
  20. To die-that is the human condition; to live decently and to die well-that is man's privilege.
    「会死固是人类的限制;庄严地生存与善终,则是吾人的权利。
  21. If you're going to do it, do it decently.
    如果你要检查,那就像样点。
  22. They only want the chance to live their lives decently.
    他们想要的无非是能有机会过上体面的生活。
  23. They waited until Miss Emily was decently in the ground before they opened it.
    他们等到爱米丽小姐安葬之后,才设法去开门。
  24. I have promised myself to do many things for you, I would like to do all that I can for you, love you decently.
    我答应过自己很多对你要做的事情,我想为你做所有我能做的事情,好好爱你。
  25. I only hope that one day I can pick you up decently do my bride, you say, not worth to you so well, I like of the person is not worth, then who deserves!
    我只希望有一天我能体面地接你做我的新娘,你说,不值得对你那么好,我喜欢的人不值得,那还有谁值得!
  26. The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently but to live manfully.
    我们所渴望和珍视的勇气不是指怎样庄重地死去,而是怎么顶天立地的活着。
  27. Do you know how to speak decently when you call someone?
    你知道汉语打电话时的礼貌用语吗?
  28. And can't you dress more decently?
    你能穿得更高雅一些吗?
  29. I explained that I had come to see everything carried on decently.
    我解释说我来看看一切是不是都搞得还像样。
  30. The man was decently dressed and talked very professionally. nevertheless, we penetrated his disguise.
    那个男人穿着高雅、谈吐专业,然而,我们看穿了他的伪装。

英英释义

adv

  1. in the right manner
    1. please do your job properly!
    2. can't you carry me decent?

    Synonym:    properlydecentin good orderrightthe right way

  2. in a decent manner
    1. they don't know how to dress decently