Decent

(adj.) conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; 'speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd'- George Santayana .

(adj.) observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress; 'a modest neckline in her dress'; 'though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards' .

(adj.) decently clothed; 'are you decent?' .

(adj.) socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; 'from a decent family'; 'a nice girl' .

整理:瓦莱丽

• Beg your pardon, sir, but this here officer o' yourn in the gambooge tops, 'ull never earn a decent livin' as a master o' the ceremonies any vere. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• There, sir, you are redd up and made decent. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• He was dressed all in decent black, with a white cravat round his neck. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• He would make Mrs. George Osborne an allowance, such as to assure her a decent competency. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The decent hair-guard that went round his neck and took care of his decent silver watch was an object of envy to her. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• But let me see thee use the dress and costume of thy English ancestry--no short cloaks, no gay bonnets, no fantastic plumage in my decent household. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• There were a great many people, mostly of the decent sort, at the bar. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• But she was a decent sort, really--' 'Render unto Caesarina the things that are Caesarina's,' said Birkin, turning aside. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• Therefore I want to get him, for the present moment, into any poor lodging kept by decent people where he would be admitted. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• There is the parsonage: a tidy-looking house, and I understand the clergyman and his wife are very decent people. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• I trust, sir,' rejoined Mrs. Sparsit, with decent resignation, 'it is not necessary that you should do anything of that kind. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.
• What a character for anybody with decent connections to show himself in! 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• It was a very small establishment, wherein a decent woman sat behind the counter working at her needle. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• It would not have been decent to go away, because he had been dining with other guests, and had just taken tea. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Green might have any decent time; but pay? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• And I know full well any man who wishes to live in decent comfort with me as a husband must be able to control me. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Respectable families would be more apt to buy you, if they saw you looked plain and decent, as if you wasn't trying to look handsome. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• A very decent shot, and there is not a bolder rider in England. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• Modern countries especially are waking up to the necessity of good roads, not only as a necessary means of transportation, but as a pre-requisite to decent civilisation in all respects. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• And I am not a model clergyman--only a decent makeshift. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Can't ye be decent when white folks comes to see ye? 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• A decent elderly woman opened the gate to me, and at once annihilated all the hopes I had built on securing the assistance of Sergeant Cuff. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It was borne in the latter with decent philosophy. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• You know she'll let him do anything but spend money on his friends: the only reason she's decent to me now is that she knows I'm not hard up. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• They are universally despised,--never received into any decent society. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• Have you anything decent, Jo? 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Entering the schoolroom, she inclined her head with a decent obeisance, as had been her wont in former times. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• If the world were going to remain frigidly set after next year, we might well thank our stars if we blundered into a few decent solutions right away. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• She may tear it tonight, and that will be a good excuse for offering a decent one. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Well, the carriage is waiting, and the crowd are now off, so that one can walk out in a decent and Christian manner, and not be pushed and shoved. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

整理:莱克格斯