单词 | the decencies |
释义 | the decenciestheacceptableorexpectedwaysof doing something: Ihategoing tofunerals, but you mustobservethe decencies(= it is something you should do). One of the decencies heshowedthem was toensurethat they gothomesafelyeachnight. They haverejectedthe decencies andformalitiesof atriedandtestedsystemofgovernmentandreplacedit withtheirownrules. These decencies must beprotected, notdestroyed. None of the decencies has beenobserved. See also decency |
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