Word · Frequency #9570
Fully loadeddecency
得体；礼貌；正派
the quality of being polite, respectable, and morally proper
- 1.
The quality of being decent; propriety.
得体；合乎礼仪。
- 2.
the quality of conforming to standards of propriety and morality
符合礼仪和道德标准
- 3.
That which is proper or becoming.
得体的行为或事物。
- 4.
the quality of being polite and respectable
礼貌和体面
得体的行为；合宜之事；得体；合乎礼仪。；符合礼仪和道德标准；得体的行为或事物。；礼貌和体面
In use
Please have the decency to knock before entering the room.
Showing basic decency means treating waiters with respect.
He lacked the decency to return my calls.
have the decency to do sth
这个结构常用于批评某人缺乏基本礼貌。
He didn't even have the decency to apologize.
他甚至没有礼貌道歉。
common decency
common decency 指社会普遍认可的礼貌标准。
At least show some common decency and wait your turn.
至少表现出一些基本的礼貌，排队等候。
a matter of decency
It's a matter of decency to thank your host.
Connections
Collocations
- common decency
- 基本的礼貌
- It's just common decency to hold the door for someone.为别人扶门只是基本的礼貌。
- human decency
- 人性尊严
- We should treat all people with human decency.我们应该以人性尊严对待所有人。
- basic decency
- 基本礼节
- He lacked even basic decency to say thank you.他连说声谢谢的基本礼节都没有。
- have the decency to
- 有…的起码礼貌
- She had the decency to apologize for her mistake.她为她的错误道歉，起码的礼貌还是有的。
- public decency
- 公共道德
- The law aims to protect public decency.该法律旨在保护公共道德。
- out of decency
Learner notes
Memory Tip
将decency联想为decent（得体的）去掉t加上名词后缀cy，即‘得体’的名词形式。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：社交礼仪、道德讨论 通常为中性，多用于正式或道德语境，如讨论行为得体与否。
Grammar Note
常与 have 连用，构成 have the decency to do sth，表示“有做某事的礼仪或风度”。
Pronunciation & Spelling
These words share the spelling suffix -ency but do not rhyme with 'decency' because their stressed vowels or following consonant clusters differ. They are listed as spelling lookalikes.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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