音标:['di:sәnt] ; 柯林斯词典等级:2 级;
a. 有分寸的, 得体的, 大方的
s. socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
a. conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
s. decently clothed
s. observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress

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词性分布:
形容词100%

decent的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. Are there any decent restaurants around here?这附近有没有好的餐厅?
  2. He dreamed of living in decent conditions.他梦想着过体面的生活。
  3. The lack of decent public transport is a great disadvantage.没有适当的公共交通工具是很不方便的。
  4. John and his wife Leah are very decent people.约翰是他的妻子丽亚都是非常正派的人。

常见句型

用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语~+ n.
  1. It's a decent school.这是一所很体面的学校。
  2. He earns a decent salary.他的收入相当好。
  3. She has a decent figure.她体型相当不错。
  4. She had seemed such a nice, decent woman.她过去看上去是一个那么和善的女人。
  5. He is not rich but he earns a decent living.他不富有,但生活得相当不错。
  6. Everyone should be entitled to a decent wage and a decent home.人人都有权得到体面的工资和一个美好的家庭。
  7. Every executive needed a few suits and a decent overcoat.每个管理人员都需要几套西服和一件像样儿的大衣。
  8. He is a very decent fellow.他是个正派的人。
  9. I thought he was a decent sort of person.我以为他是那种正派的人。
  10. I tell you decent people, just don't do things like that.我告诉你们这些正派的人,不要做这种事。
  11. Everyone said he was a decent sort of guy.人人都说他是个品行端正的小伙子。
  12. She was a decent young woman of a sober age, less inclined to giggle than many of the younger ones.她是个老成持重的年轻女人,不像很多更年轻些的姑娘那样爱嘻嘻哈哈。
  13. All I ask is you get that guy out of here when I've got decent trade.别的不说了,你给我把这个家伙弄出去,要知道本人还得做正经事呢。
  14. He always uses decent language.他总是使用正统的语言。
  15. I need a decent night's sleep.我需要好好地睡上一觉。
  16. You must wear decent clothes when you go for a new job.你去求职时着装要得体。
  17. Poor people cannot always live in decent conditions.穷人生活不能经常保持体面。
  18. He let a decent amount of time pass before he phoned her again.他得体地过了一段时间以后才又给她打了电话。
  19. They went to visit him after a decent interval.过了一段适当的时间后,他们去拜访他。
  20. She did not have a decent coat for the cold winter.她没有过冬御寒的合适外套。
  21. She ought to have waited for a decent internal before getting married again.她再嫁也应该适当等上一段时间。
  22. He sought a decent pretext for venting his displeasure.他一心想找个名正言顺的借口发泄不满。
用作表语S+be+~
  1. He said he was decent.他说他衣服穿好了。
  2. I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.我不能去开门——我还没穿好衣服。
  3. I don't think the low-cut dress is decent.我认为那种袒胸露肩的连衣裙不雅观。
  4. Put on a decent shirt and try to look decent.穿上一件像样的衬衣,尽量显得体面些。
S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
  1. She was awfully decent about that affair.对那种事,她极宽容。
  2. And then he was awfully decent about giving me this job.当时他特别宽厚,将这件工作交给了我。
  3. My boss was very decent about my being away when my mother was ill.我的老板待我非常宽厚,我母亲生病时准我告假离去。
  4. She was pretty decent about the whole affair.她对整个儿这件事都不计较。
  5. He was quite decent to me.他对我相当和气。
  6. My tutor was decent to me about my mistake.导师原谅了我的错误。
  7. The critics were decent to the author about his play.评论家们对作者的剧本的批评是宽厚的。
  8. Above all things he wanted to be decent in his treatment of people.最重要的是,他想宽厚待人。
  9. I'm not sure the movie is decent enough for the children.我不知道这部电影是不是适合儿童看。
It is/was+~+(of sb) to- v
  1. It's not decent to smile at a funeral.在葬礼上发笑是失礼的。
  2. It is not decent to pry into other people's business.到处打听别人的事是不礼貌的。
  3. It is not decent to laugh at a crippled person.笑话一个瘸子是不得体的行为。
  4. It was decent of her to let you have it.她很宽厚,让你把东西拿走。
  5. It was decent of you to look after the children yesterday.你昨天为我照看孩子真太好了。
  6. It was decent of you to help me.承蒙帮助,十分感谢。

常用短语

用作形容词(adj.)
do the decent thing
    做体面事,做人心所向的事 do what people or society expect

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)
~+名词
  • decent behaviour举止端庄
  • decent burial体面的葬礼
  • decent dress讲究的衣服
  • decent job相当不错的工作
  • decent meal相当不错的饭菜
  • decent living conditions像样的生活条件
  • decent place to live相当不错的住所
  • decent taste高雅的情趣
  • decent voice不亢不卑的声调

经典引文

  • A victor must show decent modesty and reserve.

    出自:A. Lurie
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