decent
adjective /ˈdiːsnt/
/ˈdiːsnt/
Idioms - of a good enough standard or quality
像样的；相当不错的；尚好的 - a decent meal/place to live
像样的饭菜/住处 - Mark did a decent job as a replacement for Turner.
作为特纳的替代者，马克干得不错。 - I just want to get a decent job with decent pay.
我只想找一份待遇不错的体面工作。 - a decent pension/wage/standard of living
体面的养老金/工资/生活水平 - I need a decent night's sleep.
我需要好好地睡上一夜。 - We think he's got a decent chance of qualifying.
我们认为他有相当大的机会晋级。 - (informal) The acting in the film is actually pretty decent.
这部电影的演技实际上相当不错。
- The bar looked decent enough.
这家酒馆看上去还象样。 - We had trouble finding a hotel that was halfway decent.
我们费了很大劲儿才找到一家还过得去的旅馆。 - He looks as if he could do with a decent meal.
他看上去好像想要好好吃一顿。 - We aim to provide decent affordable housing for everyone.
我们的目标是为每个人提供体面的经济适用房。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- really
- very
- perfectly
- …
- to
- a decent meal/place to live
- (of people or behaviour
人或行为举止 正派的；公平的；合乎礼节的 - ordinary, decent, hard-working people
勤劳、正派的普通人 - Everyone said he was a decent sort of guy.
人人都说他是个品行端正的小伙子。 - Mr Harvey emerged as a thoroughly decent bloke.
哈维先生是一个非常正派的人。 - decent to somebody My uncle has been pretty decent to me.
叔叔一直对我不错。 - decent of somebody That's very decent of you.
你真好。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- very
- really
- perfectly
- …
- do the decent thing
- ordinary, decent, hard-working people
- acceptable to people in a particular situation
得体的；合宜的；适当的 - a decent burial
体面的葬礼 - That dress isn't decent.
那件连衣裙不够雅观。 - She ought to have waited for a decent interval before getting married again.
她再次嫁人也应该适当等上一段时间。
Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- really
- very
- perfectly
- …
- to
- a decent burial
- (informal) wearing enough clothes to allow somebody to see you
穿好了衣服的；适宜于见人的 - I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.
我不能去开门，我还没穿好衣服。
- I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘suitable, appropriate’): from Latin decent- ‘being fitting’, from the verb decere.
Idioms
to do the decent thing
- to do what people or society expect, especially in a difficult situation
（尤指在困境中）做人心所向的事，做体面事 - He did the decent thing and resigned.
他做得很体面，辞职了。
- He did the decent thing and resigned.