Decorous
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- adj.符合礼节的
- [英] adj.符合礼节的 ( showing decorum, propriety)
- [类] 反义词: unseemly ( 无礼的) ; bawdy ( 猥亵的)
- [记] decor ( 美、合适) +ous -> 合适的 -> 有礼节的
- [同] 参考: decoration ( 装饰, 美化)
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
adjective
- Etymology: Latin decorus, from decor beauty, grace; akin to Latin decēre to be fitting — more at decent
- Date: 1653
- marked by propriety and good taste ; correct <decorous conduct>
- ? decorously adverb
- ? decorousness noun