decently

英

美

adv.  体面地; 合适地

BNC.18712 / COCA.22946

柯林斯词典

• ADJ 像样的;尚好的;过得去的
  Decentis 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。
• ADJ 合宜的;得体的;适当的;正当的
  Decentis 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。
• ADJ-GRADED （人）正派的，正直的，规矩的
  Decentpeople 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。
• PHRASE 做（不想做但）应该做的事
  If you say that someone shoulddo 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。

英英释义

adv

• in the right manner
  1. please do your job properly!
  2. can't you carry me decent?
  Synonym:properlydecentin good orderrightthe right way
• in a decent manner
  1. they don't know how to dress decently

双语例句

• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。