| 单词 | decency |
| 例句 | decency noun 1.•standards of taste and decency:propriety, decorum, good taste, respectability, dignity, correctness, good form, etiquette | morality, virtue, modesty, delicacy. 2.•he didn't have the decency to tell me:courtesy, politeness, good manners, civility, respect | consideration, thoughtfulness, tact, diplomacy.WORD NOTE decency I recently fell in love with this word when a friend, to whom I had given my novel-in-progress to read, informed me that decency —the question of how to lead decent lives and the difficulty of treating others with simple human decency—was the fundamental concern of the characters in my book. To be honest, it hadn't occurred to me. But as soon as I heard it, I realized it was true. Nor had decency been, until then, a word that I'd used much. Now I try to use it as often as I can—perhaps in the hope that keeping the word in mind will enable me to practice it more consistently. — FPConversational, opinionated, and idiomatic, these Word Notes are an opportunity to see a working writer's perspective on a particular word or usage. |
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