respectability

noun

1. 体面；名望；得体
   the fact of being considered socially acceptable

1. ADJ-GRADED 体面的;可敬的;正派的
   Someone or something that is respectable is approved of by society and considered to be morally correct.
   1. He came from a perfectly respectable middle-class family...
      他出身于一个非常正派的中产阶级家庭。
   2. It was a highly respectable and what was called an 'old-fashioned' hotel situated not far from Piccadilly.
      这是一家非常体面的“老式”旅馆，坐落在离皮卡迪利广场不远的地方。
2. ADJ-GRADED 好的;可观的;令人满意的
   You can say that something is respectable when you mean that it is good enough or acceptable.
   1. ...investments that offer respectable rates of return...
      回报率可观的投资
   2. At last I have something respectable to wear!
      我终于可以穿上体面的衣服了！

1. He began his professional life as an accountant, the very model of respectability and conservatism.
   他开始了会计师的职业生涯，一份典型的体面而保守的工作。
2. His super-clean image gave a veneer of respectability to the new professional set-up.
   他超级整洁的形象使其新设的专业骗局看起来很正规很体面。
3. We must establish the respectability of peace and get rid of the false glamour surrounding war.
   我们必须确立和平的崇高地位，除去萦绕着战争的欺骗性的魔力。
4. The respect for respectability was stronger than any desire in Black Hawk youth.
   黑鹰镇的年青人对身份和体面的尊重是比什么欲望都强烈。
5. That should have been a guarantee of respectability, but some toy makers were nervous just the same.
   按说这已足以证明呼拉圈并非不正当的玩意儿。可是，有些玩具制造商仍不免心情紧张。
6. Are said to be signs of respectability.
   据说大白硬领是体面人标志。
7. A silk hat, a black coat and a hard white collar are said to be signs of respectability.
   据说大礼帽，黑上装和白硬领是体面人标志。
8. We could at least keep the appearance of respectability.
   我们至少可以体面些。
9. Another barrier to academic respectability is Soros's self-confessed phobia of formal mathematics: I understand mathematical concepts but I'm afraid of mathematical symbols, because you can easily get lost in them.
   另一个阻碍索罗斯获得学术声望的障碍，是他自己承认他恐惧形式数学：我理解数学概念，但我害怕数学符号，因为你很容易在它们中间迷失方向。
10. For some working people, voting Tory is a badge of respectability.
    对某些劳动人民来说，投保守党的票是一种体面的标志。
11. Lacking respectability in character or behavior or appearance. It is to be looked on with other reverence;
    缺乏值得尊敬的性质、行为和外观。
12. Mr Sympson proved to be a man of spotless respectability.
    辛普森先生原来就是一位无懈可击的体面人物。
13. Just as honor is a prerequisite for respectability, so is unblemished character a barometer of integrity.
    正如声誉是可敬的前提条件，无暇疵的品格是正直的晴雨表。
14. The Aspidistra is often regarded as a symbol of social respectability.
    蜘蛛抱蛋通常被视为优越社会地位的象征。
15. Mr. Simpson proved to be a man of spotless respectability.
    辛普森先生被证明是一位无懈可击的体面人物。
16. They were an old couple living on the margin of respectability.
    他们是一对老夫妻，过着几乎是不太体面的日子。
17. A person of doubtful reputation or respectability. He was barred from membership because of his bad reputation.
    名声不好的人名声或地位令人怀疑的人他因名声不好被禁止入会。
18. Her presence lent an air of respectability to the occasion.
    她的到场使那种场合增添了崇高的气氛。
19. If true, this would reflect a maturing of the open source concept as it gains respectability, thanks not only to its adoption within the private sector but also its popularity among governments.
    如果是真的，当开源模式的成熟后获利，我们不仅仅要谢谢那些自私的部门，而且要谢谢在这中间起作用的政府了。
20. He could shatter airs and "respectability" with deadly sarcasm.
    他能以无情的讽刺来粉碎派头和体面。
21. Beneath that veneer of respectability there lurked a cunning and unscrupulous criminal.
    在他可尊敬的表象下，潜伏著一个狡猾又无耻的罪犯。
22. God's bankers have lost their sheen of respectability.
    而现在，曾经是上帝宠儿的银行家们，已褪去了受人尊敬的光环。
23. The whole allegory is a consistent attack on morality and respectability.
    整个寓言是对道德和有地位的人的有力抨击。
24. Under their stagnant respectability are whirlpools of evil and erotic passion.
    在他们一本正经的体面外表下，满肚子的邪恶和情欲。
25. Moreover, for all his foreigner-bashing, Mr Putin has shown that he craves international respectability.
    而且，通过对外国人的猛烈攻击，普京显示出了他对争取国际社会尊重的渴望。
26. She managed to hide her corrupt dealings under a veneer of respectability.
    她设法用体面表象掩盖了她腐败的行迹。
27. No one runs so hurriedly to the cover of respectability as the unconventional woman who has exposed herself to the slings and arrows of outraged propriety.
    一个标新立异的女人一旦冒犯了礼规，招致了唇枪舌剑的非议，再没有谁会象她那样飞快地跑去寻找尊严体面的庇护了。
28. The young can do it, but I am middle-aged, and I have a family, and in my very blood there is respectability, the essence of the bourgeois.
    年轻人能这么做，但是我已经中年了，我有个家庭，在我的血液里本身就有体面，那是资产阶级的核心品质。
29. The country has again achieved international respectability after years of isolation.
    几年的孤立之后，该国又重新建立了国际声望。
30. On the other hand, Swiss bankers do want respectability.
    另一方面，瑞士的银行家们也的确渴望得到尊重。

noun

1. honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation

   Synonym:    reputability