respectability
英 [rɪˌspek.təˈbɪl.ə.ti]
美 [rɪˌspek.təˈbɪl.ə.t̬i]
- n. 体面；可尊敬；有社会地位
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英语词源
- respectability (n.)
- 1785, from respectable + -ity.
权威例句
- 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.
- 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.
- 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。
- 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。
- 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。