propriety

美音：[prə'praɪəti] 英音：[prə'praɪəti]

简单释义：

n.礼节；得体的举止；有分寸的行为；行为规范

网络适当；正当；规矩

完整释义：

1.礼节;礼仪,规矩
2.妥当,适宜,适当;正当,恰当
3.恰当,得体
4.正当;得体
5.光明正大,正正经经

例句：

He who laughs at the same joke, and laughs along with me, cannot well deny the propriety of my laughter.
如果他和我一样感觉某个笑话是好笑的，和我一起大笑，他就不会否认我的笑声是合理的。
To be well-educated and propriety-mined has always been a consensus among the Chinese people.
知书识礼，一直是中国人对于文明的共识。
Architecture depends on Order , Arrangement , Eurythmy, Symmetry, Propriety, and Economy.
（工作的）架构取决于规则，安排，和谐，匀称，妥当以及经济等诸多因素。
The rarer such meetings, it would seem, the more important it was to reflect prosperity and propriety.
更奇特的是这样的聚会似乎更注重的是展现家庭的繁荣和礼仪。
The photographic session had to be suspended until Mr Ali had consulted his Muslim spiritual leader on the propriety of the pose.
于是拍摄工作不得不暂停，等待阿里先生请教他的穆斯林精神导师摆这个造型是否合适。
The reasons annexed to the second commandment are, God's sovereignty over us, His propriety in us, and His zeal He has to His own worship.
第二诫命所附加的理由依据是：神在我们身上拥有主权，我们属于祂，祂的热心必掌管属祂的敬拜。
For the sake of propriety, they employed a third-party CDO manager or selection agent to select and watch over the pool of mortgage bonds.
为了显得规范得体，它们聘请第三方CDO管理机构或筛选代理机构来筛选和照看抵押债券池。
He complained to his mother that her daughter-in-law had no propriety and said he wanted to divorce her.
孟子气冲冲地掉头就走，向母亲说媳妇不懂礼，要把她休掉。

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