英:[ˈdekərəs]
美:[ˈdɛkərəs, dɪˈkɔrəs, -ˈkor-]
英:[ˈdekərəs]
美:[ˈdɛkərəs, dɪˈkɔrəs, -ˈkor-]
dec·o·rous
de k rs
decorously (adv.), decorousness (n.)
词根:decorum
adv.decorously 有礼貌地;高雅地
n.decorum 礼仪;礼貌;端正;恪守礼仪
decorousness 端正;有礼
Adjective
1. characterized by propriety and dignity and good taste in manners and conduct;
"the tete-a-tete was decorous in the extreme"
2. according with custom or propriety;
"her becoming modesty"
"comely behavior"
"it is not comme il faut for a gentleman to be constantly asking for money"
"a decent burial"
"seemly behavior"
1660年代,“合适的,适当的”; 1670年代,“以礼貌得体、正式得体为特点的,正式得体的”,源自拉丁语 decorus “合适的,得体的,适当的”,源自 decus(属格 decoris)“装饰品”,“装饰,装饰,美化”,源自 PIE 词根 *dek- “接受”(在“添加优雅”的概念上)。相关: Decorously; decorousness。
Latin decorus, from decor beauty, grace; akin to Latin decēre to be fitting — more at decent
The first known use of decorous was in 1653
decorousadjective
noticeable for proper behavior and good taste : correct
decorous conduct
decorousadjective
noticeable for proper behavior and good taste : correct
decorous conduct
1 Extremism rarely sounds as decorous as it does on “Mental Illness,” Aimee Mann’s first solo album in five years.
2 When the canoodling starts and Ruth gets wind of their decorous romance, the onset of war becomes the least of Sophie’s problems.
3 In the case of George Ohr, known as the “Mad Potter of Biloxi”, nature has devolved from being a decorous bouquet to a swampy bayou, as if form has melted in the tropical heat.
4 This is an earnest and decorous book.
这是一本严肃高雅的书。
5 They are also windows into the peculiar relationship between editor and writer, a relationship that is formal, practical and decorous and also unnervingly intimate.
6 The only other known portrait of her, by George Richmond, also on loan from the National Portrait Gallery, is a polite, decorous effort.
7 The revelation of deceit in fine wine’s most sacrosanct circle has rattled the tight-knit world of sommeliers, who pride themselves on presenting a decorous, unflappable face to those outside their ranks.
8 I put in long hours at Sidley & Austin, often eating both lunch and dinner at my desk while combating a continuous flow of documents, all of them written in precise and decorous lawyer-language.
9 They go for decorous walks every day in parks with their nanny.
他们每天都和保姆一起在公园里散步,表现得很有教养。
10 Even in its winter mantle, one can see that this is not an overly decorous garden.
11 But “Alex” is an altogether more raucous picture than the decorous “Simon.”
12 One decorous young professional after another is attacked and transformed into a slavering monster, until at last all the residents converge in the heated pool.
13 It’s dance music that does its job with decorous efficiency.
14 It was a decorous and luxurious hotel. I asked the front desk, and they told me that the gentleman was out, but left a message saying that he would be right back and asking us to wait a while.
这饭店高雅豪华,向总台一问,方知要见的那位先生出去了,不过已留言,说是马上就会回来,请我们稍等片刻。
15 Still, Fleming’s artistry tends to be more in line with the decorous ballpark tradition than with the ground and pound of the football stadium.
16 The plum ZhenCangCe stamps with chamomile leaf painting "is a book of art and stamp collection draw veins, and appreciation for the integration of decorous culture gift books."
《梅兰竹菊叶脉画与邮票珍藏册》是一本集叶脉画艺术与邮票收藏、鉴赏为一体的高雅文化礼品册。
17 That decorous age, with its bourgeois pieties and hypocrisies, was viewed in the distorting mirrors of a criminal underclass, which in turn was meant to reflect the socially corrupt Germany of the 1920s.
18 They are mostly grouped into collections rather than thematically linked cycles, and for all their elegance and attentive response to the texts, they maintain a discreet emotional distance; it is all very decorous and gentlemanly.
19 The profane, chaotic shenanigans that concluded this season of “Veep” look as decorous as drawing-room comedy next to the actual American presidential campaign.
20 They also embodied the truth that sailing is one of the few activities in which unrelated adults can tell each other to do things without decorous preliminaries, including saying “please.”
2 适当
just good right young fit happy correct appropriate proper equal applicable moderate fitting pat apt becoming apposite felicitous congruous condign decorum felicity ought suit
4 端庄得体
5 妥当
8 有礼貌
proper civil gentle polite respectful courteous gracious civilized agreeable presentable well-behaved genteel courtly urbane obliging well-mannered well-bred housebroken gently mannerly prettily urbanize decent polished attentive gentlemanly properly fairly
10 文雅
quiet decent elegant gentle finished polished humane gracious civilized dainty suave urbane debonair svelte maidenly Chesterfieldian gently prettily finish grace distinction gentility urbanity suavity gentilesse civilize
13 得体的
correct decent diplomatic tasteful becoming seemly felicitous de règle comme il faut classy graceful
14 礼貌得体
15 合宜
right regular correct appropriate proper pat apt agreeable politic comely apposite seemly convenience aptitude felicity fit accommodate befit applicable aptly fitness decorum do
17 正派得体
18 有礼貌的
polite civil courteous attentive mannerly seemly couth proper gentle respectful gracious civilized agreeable presentable well-behaved genteel courtly urbane obliging well-mannered well-bred housebroken decent polished gentlemanly
19 文雅的
quiet decent elegant gentle finished polished humane gracious civilized dainty suave urbane debonair svelte maidenly Chesterfieldian
20 严谨
21 妥当的
23 端庄的
elegant chaste staid demure maidenly Junoesque modest dignified ladylike handsome decent prim gainly seemly
25 合宜的
right regular correct appropriate proper pat apt agreeable politic comely apposite seemly applicable
26 严谨的
27 端庄
elegant chaste staid demure maidenly Junoesque elegance decency modesty modest dignified ladylike dignity decorum handsome decent prim gainly seemly properly decorously demurely sobriety sober
28 端庄稳重
29 适当的
just good right young fit happy correct appropriate proper equal applicable moderate fitting pat apt becoming apposite felicitous congruous condign
31 礼貌端庄