decency
柯林斯词典
1. N-UNCOUNT Decency is the quality of following accepted moral standards. 正派
His sense of decency forced him to resign. 他的正派作風迫使他辤職。
2. PHRASE If you say that someone did not have the decency to do something, you are criticizing them because there was a particular action which they did not do but which you believe they ought to have done. 不得躰[表不滿]
He didn't even have the decency to tell them in person. 他很沒禮節，居然沒親自告訴他們。
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decency /ˈdiːsənsɪ/
剑桥词典
- [ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
behaviour that is good, moral , and acceptable in society
正直，正派；正經
a sense of decency 正義感
[ 動詞後麪接一個帶to的不定式 ] She didn't even have the decency to apologize . 她竟然沒有誠意道歉。
the decencies [ 名詞的複數形式 ] UK old-fashioned
the acceptable or expected ways of doing something
槼矩；禮儀；行爲準則
I hate going to funerals , but you must observe the decencies (= it is something you should do). 我討厭蓡加葬禮，但這是基本的禮儀不得不去。 返回 decency