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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。
Extra ExamplesThe 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。
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(of people or behaviour 人或行为举止 honest and fair; treating people with respect 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。
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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。
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wearing enough clothes to allow somebody to see you 穿好了衣服的；适宜于见人的
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘suitable, appropriate’): from Latin decent- ‘being fitting’, from the verb decere.