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decency

noun
🔊/ˈdiːsnsi/
🔊/ˈdiːsnsi/
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  1. [uncountable] honest, polite behaviour that follows accepted moral standards and shows respect for others正派；得体；彬彬有礼
    • Her behaviour showed a total lack of common decency.她的举止显示她连起码的礼节都不懂。🔊🔊
    • Have you no sense of decency?你礼貌都不懂吗？🔊🔊
    • He might have had the decency to apologize.他其实应该道个歉的。🔊🔊
    • standards of taste and decency that we expect broadcasting companies to meet我们期望广播公司达到的品味和体面标准
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    • Your behaviour is an affront to public decency.你的行为有伤风化。
    • We need to restore values of decency, caring and understanding to our society.我们得让社会回归正派、关爱和包容的价值观。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • common
    • human
    • basic
    • …
    verb + decency
    • have
    phrases
    • a sense of decency
    • standards of decency
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  2. the decencies
     [plural] (formal) standards of behaviour in society that people think are acceptable礼仪；行为准则
    • the basic decencies of civilized society文明社会的基本行为准则
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • common
    • human
    • basic
    • …
    verb + decency
    • have
    phrases
    • a sense of decency
    • standards of decency
    See full entry
    3. Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘appropriateness, fitness’): from Latin decentia, from decent- ‘being fitting’, from the verb decere.