1 ADJ-GRADED 体面的;可敬的;正派的 Someone or something that is respectable is approved of by society and considered to be morally correct. 体面的;可敬的;正派的
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He came from a perfectly respectable middle-class family.
他出身于一个非常正派的中产阶级家庭。
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It was a highly respectable and what was called an 'old-fashioned' hotel situated not far from Piccadilly.
这是一家非常体面的“老式”旅馆，坐落在离皮卡迪利广场不远的地方。
SYN honourable, good, respected, decent
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If she divorced Tony, she would lose the respectability she had as Mrs Tony Tatterton.
如果她和托尼离婚，将失去她作为托尼·塔特滕夫人的名望。
2 ADJ-GRADED 好的;可观的;令人满意的 You can say that something is respectable when you mean that it is good enough or acceptable. 好的;可观的;令人满意的
SYN decent, smart, neat, tidy [informal]
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