de·cent

adjective

/ˈdiːsnt/

Idioms

of a good enough standard or quality像样的；相当不错的；尚好的
- a decent meal/place to live 相当不错的饭菜／住所
- Mark did a decent job as a replacement for Turner.马克接替了特纳，工作做得相当不错。
- I just want to get a decent job with decent pay.我只想找到一份体面的工作和体面的薪水。
- a decent pension/wage/standard of living体面的养老金／工资／生活水准
- I need a decent night's sleep.我需要好好地睡上一夜。
- We think he's got a decent chance of qualifying.我们认为他有很大的机会晋级。
- (informal) The acting in the film is actually pretty decent.这部电影中的表演其实相当不错。
Extra Examples
- The bar looked decent enough.这家酒馆看上去还象样。
- We had trouble finding a hotel that was halfway decent.我们费了很大劲儿才找到一家还过得去的旅馆。
- He looks as if he could do with a decent meal.他看上去好像想要好好吃一顿。
- We aim to provide decent affordable housing for everyone.我们的目标是为每个人提供体面的经济适用住房。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
adverb
- really
- very
- perfectly
- …
preposition
- to
(of people or behaviour) honest and fair; treating people with respect正派的；公平的；合乎礼节的
- ordinary, decent, hard-working people 勤劳正派的普通人
- Everyone said he was a decent sort of guy.人人都说他是个品行端正的小伙子。
- Mr Harvey emerged as a thoroughly decent bloke. 哈维先生成为了一个非常正派的人。
- decent to somebody My uncle has been pretty decent to me.叔叔一直对我不错。
- decent of somebody That's very decent of you.你真是太体面了。
Topics Personal qualitiesb2
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
adverb
- very
- really
- perfectly
- …
phrases
- do the decent thing
acceptable to people in a particular situation得体的；合宜的；适当的
- a decent burial体面的葬礼
- That dress isn't decent.那件连衣裙不够雅观。
- She ought to have waited for a decent interval before getting married again.她再次嫁人也应该适当等上一段时间。
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
verbs
- be
- look
adverb
- really
- very
- perfectly
- …
preposition
- to
(informal) wearing enough clothes to allow somebody to see you穿好衣服的；适宜于见人的
- I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.我不能去开门，我还没穿好衣服。
compare indecent

Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘suitable, appropriate’): from Latin decent- ‘being fitting’, from the verb decere.

Idioms

to do the decent thing

to do what people or society expect, especially in a difficult situation（尤指在困境中）做人心所向的事，做体面事
- He did the decent thing and resigned.他做得很体面，辞职了。

单词	decent
释义	de·cent adjective /ˈdiːsnt/ /ˈdiːsnt/ Idioms of a good enough standard or quality像样的；相当不错的；尚好的 a decent meal/place to live 相当不错的饭菜／住所 Mark did a decent job as a replacement for Turner.马克接替了特纳，工作做得相当不错。 I just want to get a decent job with decent pay.我只想找到一份体面的工作和体面的薪水。 a decent pension/wage/standard of living体面的养老金／工资／生活水准 I need a decent night's sleep.我需要好好地睡上一夜。 We think he's got a decent chance of qualifying.我们认为他有很大的机会晋级。 (informal) The acting in the film is actually pretty decent.这部电影中的表演其实相当不错。 Extra Examples The bar looked decent enough.这家酒馆看上去还象样。 We had trouble finding a hotel that was halfway decent.我们费了很大劲儿才找到一家还过得去的旅馆。 He looks as if he could do with a decent meal.他看上去好像想要好好吃一顿。 We aim to provide decent affordable housing for everyone.我们的目标是为每个人提供体面的经济适用住房。 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look adverb really very perfectly … preposition to (of people or behaviour) honest and fair; treating people with respect正派的；公平的；合乎礼节的 ordinary, decent, hard-working people 勤劳正派的普通人 Everyone said he was a decent sort of guy.人人都说他是个品行端正的小伙子。 Mr Harvey emerged as a thoroughly decent bloke. 哈维先生成为了一个非常正派的人。 decent to somebody My uncle has been pretty decent to me.叔叔一直对我不错。 decent of somebody That's very decent of you.你真是太体面了。 Topics Personal qualitiesb2 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be adverb very really perfectly … phrases do the decent thing acceptable to people in a particular situation得体的；合宜的；适当的 a decent burial体面的葬礼 That dress isn't decent.那件连衣裙不够雅观。 She ought to have waited for a decent interval before getting married again.她再次嫁人也应该适当等上一段时间。 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs be look adverb really very perfectly … preposition to (informal) wearing enough clothes to allow somebody to see you穿好衣服的；适宜于见人的 I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.我不能去开门，我还没穿好衣服。 compare indecent Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘suitable, appropriate’): from Latin decent- ‘being fitting’, from the verb decere. Idioms to do the decent thing to do what people or society expect, especially in a difficult situation（尤指在困境中）做人心所向的事，做体面事 He did the decent thing and resigned.他做得很体面，辞职了。
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