Decency



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 正派, 端庄
• ［英］ n. 正派, 端庄 ( quality of being respectable people would wish)
• ［例］ an offence against decency

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural -cies)

• Date: 1567
• 1. archaic
  • a. fitness
  • b. orderliness
• 2.
  • a. the quality or state of being decent ; propriety
  • b. conformity to standards of taste, propriety, or quality
• 3. standard of propriety — usually used in plural
• 4. plural conditions or services considered essential for a proper standard of living
• 5. literary decorum

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