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单词 decency
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decency
noun
uk
/ˈdiː.sən.si/us
/ˈdiː.sən.si/
[U]
behaviourthat is good,moral, andacceptableinsociety:
正直，正派；正经
asenseof decency正义感
[+ to infinitive]She didn'tevenhave thedecencytoapologize.她竟然没有诚意道歉。
the decencies[plural]UKold-fashioned
theacceptableorexpectedwaysof doing something:
规矩；礼仪；行为准则
Ihategoing tofunerals, but you mustobservethe decencies(= it is something you should do).我讨厌参加葬礼，但这是基本的礼仪不得不去。
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(Definition ofdecencyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

decency| American Dictionary

decency
noun[U]
us
/ˈdi·sən·si/
behaviorthat is good,moralandacceptableinsociety:
[+ to infinitive]She didn’tevenhave the decency toapologize.
(Definition ofdecencyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Both of them made a rather negative contribution to the decencies of public life.
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Our supporters look to us to protect those decencies, not to destroy them.
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Where does responsibility lie for this proposed outrage on the elementary decencies of our political and public life?
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To be poor is to be excluded not only from the graces but also from the very decencies of life.
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Let us have the decencies of life for these people.
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In fact, we were supposed to be quite indifferent to the decencies and amenities of life.
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They are the enemy, too, of the political decencies that we cherish in this country.
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If the normal decencies, restraints and courtesies of society are undermined, then in the end everyone loses.
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We must teach the decencies of life and preserve the family unit.
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We consider that the cost of burial should be reduced while, of course, preserving the decencies.
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We shall find it harder to hang on to those decencies if we clutter them up in a kind of package deal with manifest nonsense.
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There is the man who is often living in a small room with his family and unable to preserve the decencies of life.
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We cannot restore diplomatic relations with a country which ignores all the courtesies and the decencies of international life.
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Directly they show that they are prepared to observe the ordinary courtesies and decencies of international intercourse, we shall be prepared to meet them.
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The opinion must be expressed in a manner which preserves the ordinary decencies of controversy.
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Collocationswithdecency

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basic decency
Basicdecencysays that animals should be treated acceptably.
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common decency
The closest equivalent is probably 'commondecency'.
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human decency
Treat hired labor with respect andhumandecency, as the valuable resource that it is (this also reduces worker turnover).
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