| 英语单词 | decorum |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 [dɪ'kɔːrəm] 美 [dɪ'kɔːrəm] |
| 中文释义 | n.礼貌合宜 |
| 英语例句 | (1) Can you cancel a date with decorum? (2) I hope you will behave with decorum at the funeral. (3) Each had enough decorum to suspend further hostilities. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 你能够有礼貌地取消约会吗? (2) 我们希望你在葬礼上做到得体有礼。 (3) 双方都还有足够的礼貌,总算暂时停止了进一步的敌对行为。 |
| vocabulary简明 | Decorum is proper and polite behavior. If you let out a big belch at a fancy dinner party, you're not showing much decorum. |
| vocabulary扩展 | This noun is from Latin decōrus "proper, becoming, handsome," from décor "beauty, grace," which is also the source of English décor. The corresponding adjective is decorous, meaning "well-behaved in a particular situation." Both decorum and decorous are often used to describe behavior in a classroom or courtroom. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]有礼;得体;庄重 Decorum is behaviour that people consider to be correct, polite, and respectable. [FORMAL 正式]
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