decency

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈdiːsənsi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The quality of being decent; propriety. countable,uncountable
    — Immodest words admit of no defence, / For want of decency is want of sense.
  2. That which is proper or becoming. countable,uncountable
    — Those thousand decencies, that daily flow / From all her words and actions.

词形变化

decencies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
closet of decency common decency indecency undecency

词源

From Latin decentia, from decens. Equivalent to decent + -cy. Compare French décence.
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