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Decent Latin Decere Fitting Decorate Dignity Present Directly

正面 3909.decent
英 ['diːs(ə)nt]美 ['disnt]

背面
释义:
adj. 正派的;得体的;相当好的
例句:
1. I went to Brooks Brothers and bought myself a decent shirt.我去布鲁克斯兄弟专卖店给自己买了一件体面的衬衫。

1. 看在钱的份上觉得进你公司合适的.分析:de——“得”的拼音;cent——分。记忆:我得到了一分钱的奖赏,还是很不错的。
decent 正派的,体面的来自PIE*dek, 接受,得体,合适,词源同doctor, dignity.
decentdecent: [16] Decent comes ultimately from Latin decere ‘be fitting or suitable’, close relatives of which have produced decorate, dignity, and (from Greek) orthodox. Its present participial stem decent- was acquired by English, either directly or via French décent.=> dainty, decorate, dignity, orthodoxdecent (adj.)1530s, "proper to one's station or rank," also "tasteful," from Middle French décent, or directly from Latin decentem (nominative decens) "becoming, seemly, fitting, proper," present participle of decere "to be fitting or suitable," from PIE *deke-, from root *dek- "to take, accept, to receive, greet, be suitable" (cognates: Greek dokein "to appear, seem, think," dekhesthai "to accept;" Sanskrit daśasyati "shows honor, is gracious," dacati "makes offerings, bestows;" Latin docere "to teach," decus "grace, ornament"). Meaning "kind, pleasant" is from 1902. Are you decent? (1949) was originally backstage theater jargon for "are you dressed.""

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