pro·pri·e·ty
noun/prəˈpraɪəti/
/prəˈpraɪəti/
(formal)- [uncountable] moral and social behaviour that is considered to be correct and acceptable
得体的举止；有分寸的行为 - Nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone.
没人认为她只身出现在那里不得体。
- Nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone.
- the proprieties[plural] the rules of correct behaviour
行为规范；礼节；规矩 - They were careful to observe the proprieties.
他们恪守规矩。 - The company had acted in accordance with all legal proprieties.
该公司的行为符合所有法律规定。
- They were careful to observe the proprieties.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘peculiarity, essential quality’): from Old French propriete, from Latin proprietas, from proprius ‘one's own, particular’.