用作形容词 (adj.)
用作定语
~+ n.
It's a decent school.
这是一所很体面的学校。
He earns a decent salary.
他的收入相当好。
She has a decent figure.
她体型相当不错。
She had seemed such a nice, decent woman.
她过去看上去是一个那么和善的女人。
用作表语
S+be+~
He said he was decent.
他说他衣服穿好了。
I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.
我不能去开门——我还没穿好衣服。
S+be+~+ prep. -phrase
She was awfully decent about that affair.
对那种事,她极宽容。
And then he was awfully decent about giving me this job.
当时他特别宽厚,将这件工作交给了我。
My boss was very decent about my being away when my mother was ill.
我的老板待我非常宽厚,我母亲生病时准我告假离去。
It is/was+~+(of sb) to- v
It's not decent to smile at a funeral.
在葬礼上发笑是失礼的。
It is not decent to pry into other people's business.
到处打听别人的事是不礼貌的。
decent的基本意思是“相当不错的,像样的,尚好的”,可修饰具体的东西,也可以修饰抽象的事物,尤用于口语。decent也可用于形容人或人的言语或行为举止,意为“正派的,正经的,高雅的,严肃的,公平的,合乎礼节的”。decent还可用于表示某物、某事对特定场合下的某人“合宜的,得体的,适当的,适度的”。