剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - decorum collapse

decorum
[UK]/dɪ'kɔ:.rəm/ [US]/-'kɔ:r.əm/ formal
noun [U]
* behaviour that is controlled, calm and polite
稳重,端庄

1. As young ladies we were expected to act/behave with proper decorum.
人们认为我们年轻女子的行为举止应该沉稳端庄。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - decorum collapse

decorum
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.

【语域标签】:FORMAL 正式
  • I was treated with decorum and respect throughout the investigation.

    整个调查过程中他们都有礼有节,对我很尊重。


牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - decorum collapse

decorum
de·corum / di5kC:rEm / noun [U]
   (formal) polite behaviour that is appropriate in a social situation
   礼貌得体;端庄稳重
   SYN  propriety

新牛津英语同义词词典 - decorum collapse

decorum

noun
1 he had acted with the utmost decorum
PROPRIETY , properness, seemliness, decency, decorousness, good taste, correctness, appropriateness; politeness, courtesy, good manners; refinement, breeding, deportment, dignity, respectability, modesty, demureness.

-opposite(s): IMPROPRIETY.

2 a breach of decorum
ETIQUETTE , protocol, customary behaviour, good form, custom, convention, conformity, conventionality, usage, ritual; formalities, niceties, punctilios, politeness; French politesse; informal the thing to do.

词源记忆 - decorum collapse

decorum 体面,得体
来自dec-, 美丽,得体,词源同decent, dignity.