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词汇 propriety
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propriety

noun
/prəˈpraɪəti/
/prəˈpraɪəti/
(formal)
  1. [uncountable] moral and social behaviour that is considered to be correct and acceptable得体的举止;有分寸的行为
    • Nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone.没人认为她只身出现在那里不得体。
    opposite impropriety
  2. the proprieties
    [plural] the rules of correct behaviour行为规范;礼节;规矩 synonym etiquette
    • They were careful to observe the proprieties.他们恪守规矩。
    • The company had acted in accordance with all legal proprieties.该公司的行为符合所有法律规定。
  3. 词源late Middle English (in the sense ‘peculiarity, essential quality’): from Old French propriete, from Latin proprietas, from proprius ‘one's own, particular’.
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