respectability

英 [rɪ,spektə'bɪlɪtɪ] 美 [rɪ,spɛktə'bɪləti]
  • n. 体面;可尊敬;有社会地位

英文词源


respectability (n.)
1785, from respectable + -ity.

双语例句


1. The country has again achieved international respectability after years of isolation.
几年的孤立之后,该国又重新建立了国际声望.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Her presence lent an air of respectability to the occasion.
她的到场使那种场合增添了崇高的气氛.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. If she divorced Tony, she would lose the respectability she had as Mrs Tony Tatterton.
如果她和托尼离婚,将失去她作为托尼·塔特滕夫人的名望。

来自柯林斯例句

4. He began his professional life as an accountant, the very model of respectability and conservatism.
他开始了会计师的职业生涯,一份典型的体面而保守的工作。

来自柯林斯例句

5. His super-clean image gave a veneer of respectability to the new professional set-up.
他超级整洁的形象使其新设的专业骗局看起来很正规很体面。

来自柯林斯例句

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