propriety
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英 [pr?'pra??t?]
美[pr?'pra??ti]
- n. 適當；禮節；得體
IELTSGRE暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?proprieties;
中文詞源
propriety 得體的舉止，規范，禮節
來自proper,自己的，適于自己的，合適的，-ety,名詞后綴。引申諸相關詞義。
英文詞源
- propriety
- propriety: see proper
- propriety (n.)
- mid-15c., "proper character, disposition," from Old French proprieté "individuality, peculiarity; property" (12c.), from Latin proprietatem (nominative proprietas) "appropriateness," also "ownership" (see property). Meaning "fitness, appropriateness" is attested from 1610s; sense of "conformity to good manners" is from 1782.
雙語例句
- 1. In male company, perhaps he did overstep the bounds of propriety.
- 在清一色男性的公司里，可能他的舉止確實有失得體。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. His marriage and family life is a model of propriety.
- 他的婚姻和家庭生活都是規規矩矩的。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone.
- 沒人認為她只身出現在那里不得體。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. We hesitated at the propriety of the method.
- 我們對這種辦法是否適用拿不定主意.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The sensitive matter was handled with great propriety.
- 這件機密的事處理得極為適當.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》