decent
/ˈdiːsənt/adjective
1
- conforming with generally accepted standards of respectable or moral behaviour正派的：
a decent clean-living individual.
安分守己的正派人。
1.1
- appropriate; fitting合宜的, 适当的：
they would meet again after a decent interval.
他们在适当的间隔之后会再见面。
1.2
- not likely to shock or embarrass others得体的, 恰当的：
a decent high-necked dress.
得体的高领女装。
1.3
- informal sufficiently clothed to see visitors〈非正式〉穿好了衣服的, 穿戴停当的：
'Hello, miss? Are you decent?'
“喂, 小姐, 你穿戴停当了吗？”
2
- attrib. of an acceptable standard; satisfactory过得去的, 合意的, 舒适的, 满意的：
find me a decent cup of coffee
给我一杯好咖啡
people need decent homes.
人们需要体面的家。
2.1
- good好的, 出色的：
there's a few decent players in the team.
队里有一些好选手。
2.2
- Brit. informal kind, obliging, or generous〈英, 非正式〉和蔼有礼的, 慷慨的：
that's awfully decent of you.
你真是太好了。
短语
do the decent thing
- take the most honourable or appropriate course of action, even if is not necessarily in one's own interests做有体面的事：
after his defeat he should do the decent thing and step down.
在被击败之后, 他应该不失体面地下台。
派生词
decently
adverb词源
mid 16th cent. （in the sense 'suitable, appropriate'）： from Latin decent- 'being fitting', from the verb decere.