propriety

propriety什么意思,propriety翻译

基本解释

n.: 礼节；得体的举止；有分寸的行为；行为规范
网络: 适当；正当；规矩

权威解释

• 得体的举止；有分寸的行为:

  moral and social behaviour that is considered to be correct and acceptable

• 行为规范；礼节；规矩:

  the rules of correct behaviour

英汉解释

• 光明正大,正正经经

• 正当;得体

• 恰当,得体

• 妥当,适宜,适当;正当,恰当

• 礼节;礼仪,规矩

同义词

n.politenessdecorummodestygood mannersrespectability

反义词

n.impropriety

例句

• To be well-educated and propriety-mined has always been a consensus among the Chinese people.

  知书识礼，一直是中国人对于文明的共识。

• He complained to his mother that her daughter-in-law had no propriety and said he wanted to divorce her.

  孟子气冲冲地掉头就走，向母亲说媳妇不懂礼，要把她休掉。

• This guide was strictly a product of the accumulated lessons of a woman"s life time of quiet cultivation and propriety in action.

  这纯是她一生默默修持道德和履行礼仪的经验结晶。

• Gardiner was forced, as a matter of propriety, to drink until he left the party with his head reeling.

  出于礼貌，卡狄那不得不继续喝，直到他头晕晕地离开晚会。

• Her ardent sense of propriety fears that Bertha, in bed, might not be costumed decorously enough for the visit of a clerical gentleman.

  她那强烈的礼仪感使她担心卧床的伯莎衣饰不整，不适合接待一位圣职人员的来访。

• Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her.

  至于马厩，只要有个棚子就行。随后埃丽诺大胆地表示，从一个自己并不了解、或者至少是最近才了解的男人那里接受礼物，她怀疑是否恰当。

• I don"t contest your right to dispose of your property as you see fit, but I doubt the propriety of this bequest.

  我不反对你放弃你的财产的权力，但是我怀疑这遗产的合法性。

• Mr. Darcy with grave propriety requested to be allowed the honour of her hand; but in vain.

  达西先生非常有礼貌地要求她赏光，跟他跳一场，可是他白白要求了。

• It violates Chinese ideas of propriety, not to say of decency, in a great variety of ways.

  它在许多方面违反了中国的关于恰当得体的观念，更谈不上合乎礼仪了。

• Nevertheless, questions about the propriety of OMB"s oversight activity have continued to arise.

  但无论怎样，关于管理和预算办公室的监督活动的适宜性问题仍不断出现。