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decent 音標拼音: [d'isənt] a. 有分寸的,得體的,大方的 有分寸的,得體的,大方的 decent adv 1: in the right manner; " please do your job properly!"; " can' t you carry me decent?" [ synonym: { properly}, { decently}, { decent}, { in good order}, { right}, { the right way}] [ ant: { improperly}] adj 1: socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; " from a decent family"; " a nice girl" [ synonym: { decent}, { nice}] 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" [ synonym: { becoming}, { comely}, { comme il faut}, { decent}, { decorous}, { seemly}] 3: conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; " speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana [ ant: { indecent}] 4: sufficient for the purpose; " an adequate income"; " the food was adequate"; " a decent wage"; " enough food"; " food enough" [ synonym: { adequate}, { decent}, { enough}] 5: decently clothed; " are you decent?" 6: 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" decent \ de" cent\ ( d[= e]" sent), a. [ L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. dokei^ n to seem good, to seem, think; cf. Skr. d[= a][, c] to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d[' e] cent. Cf. { Decorate}, { Decorum}, { Deign}.] 1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Before his decent steps. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Comely; shapely; well- formed. [ Archaic] [ 1913 Webster] A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person. [ 1913 Webster] A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs. -- Burke. -- { De" cent* ly}, adv. -- { De" cent* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster]
clothed \ clothed\ adj. 1. wearing clothing. [ Narrower terms: { adorned( predicate), bedecked( predicate), decked( predicate), decked out( predicate)}; { appareled, attired, clad, dressed, garbed, garmented, habilimented, robed}; { arrayed, panoplied}; { breeched, pantalooned, trousered}; { bundled- up}; { caparisoned}; { cassocked}: { costumed}: { decent}] [ Narrower terms: { dight}] [ Narrower terms: { dressed- up, dressed to the nines( predicate), dressed to kill( predicate), dolled up, spruced up, spiffed up}] [ Narrower terms: { gowned}] [ Narrower terms: { habited}] [ Narrower terms: { heavy- coated}] [ Narrower terms: { overdressed}] [ Narrower terms: { petticoated}] [ Narrower terms: { red- coated, lobster- backed}] [ Narrower terms: { surpliced}] [ Narrower terms: { togged dressed esp in smart clothes)}] [ Narrower terms: { turned out}] [ Narrower terms: { underdressed}] [ Narrower terms: { uniformed}] [ Narrower terms: { vestmented}] Also See: { adorned}, { decorated}. Antonym: { unclothed}. [ WordNet 1. 5] 2. covered with or as if with clothes or a wrap or cloak. fog- cloaked meadows Syn: cloaked, draped, mantled, wrapped. [ WordNet 1. 5] 228 Moby Thesaurus words for " decent": Christian, Christlike, Christly, OK, acceptable, accepted, accommodating, according to Hoyle, acknowledged, adequate, admissible, admitted, advantageous, advisable, affable, affectionate, agreeable, all right, amiable, ample, appropriate, approved, ascetic, austere, average, barely sufficient, becoming, befitting, being done, benevolent, benign, benignant, better than nothing, blameless, brotherly, chaste, civil, clean, comfortable, comme il faut, commensurate, common, compassionate, competent, complaisant, compliant, condign, conformable, conforming, congruous, considerate, convenient, conventional, correct, corresponding, courteous, creditable, customary, de rigueur, decorous, delicate, desirable, dignified, due, elegant, enough, equal to, erect, estimable, ethical, expedient, fair, fair to middling, fairish, fate, favorable, feasible, felicitous, fit, fitten, fitting, formal, fraternal, friendly, fructuous, full of integrity, generous, genteel, good, good enough, goodish, gracious, happy, high- minded, high- principled, highly respectable, honest, honorable, human, humane, immaculate, indulgent, inviolate, irreproachable, just, kind, kindhearted, kindly, kindly- disposed, kosher, law- abiding, law- loving, law- revering, likely, loving, manly, mannerly, mediocre, meet, middling, minimal, minimum, moderate, modest, moral, nice, noble, normal, normative, not amiss, not bad, not half bad, not outstanding, not so bad, obliging, okay, opportune, ordinary, orthodox, overindulgent, overpermissive, passable, permissive, plenty, plenty good enough, polite, politic, presentable, pretty good, principled, profitable, proper, proportionate, pure, reasonable, received, recognized, recommendable, reputable, respectable, right, right and proper, right- minded, righteous, rightful, rigid, satisfactory, seasonable, seemly, severe, so so, softhearted, sortable, spotless, stainless, sterling, strict, substantial, sufficient, sufficient for, sufficing, suitable, sympathetic, sympathizing, tasteful, tender, tenderhearted, thoughtful, tidy, timely, to be desired, tolerable, traditional, true- dealing, true- devoted, true- disposing, true- souled, true- spirited, truehearted, unblemished, uncorrupt, uncorrupted, undefiled, unexceptionable, unexceptional, unimpeachable, unimpressive, unobjectionable, unspotted, unstained, unsullied, untarnished, up to, upright, uprighteous, upstanding, urbane, useful, virtuous, warm, warmhearted, well- bred, well- timed, wise, workmanlike, worthwhile, worthy, yeomanly
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