decorous
英 [ˈdek.ə.rəs]
美 [ˈdek.ər.əs]
为了记住单词“decorous”,可以将其拆解为“deco-”(装饰,打扮)和“-orous”(充满……的,形容词后缀)。想象一个人穿着得体、举止优雅,如同装饰(deco)的模型一样,因此他的举止(decorous)是得体的。通过这个图像联想,可以帮助记忆“decorous”的意思是行为得体、端庄的。
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- decorous (adj.)
- 1660s, from Latin decorus "becoming, seemly, fitting, proper," from decus (genitive decoris) "ornament" (see decorate). Related: Decorously; decorousness.
- 1. 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。
- 2. He gave his wife a decorous kiss.
- 他给了他太太得体的一吻.
- 3. For a gentleman there are only two decorous states , absolute poverty or overpowering wealth.
- 对于一个有身份的人来说,只有两种正派的情况:特别贫困或极其富裕.
- 4. And fattened as on a decorous honey - comb.
- 犹如在一个蜜蜂巢中长大的幸运儿.
- 5. The tete - a - tete was decorous in the extreme.
- 这次私下会面极为体面.