propriety
n. <正>礼貌; 规矩; 正当; 合适
Propriety is the quality of being socially or morally acceptable.
Their sense of social propriety is eroded.
他们的社交礼仪意识淡薄。
1. correct or appropriate behavior
He refused the invitation propriety.
他有礼貌地拒绝了邀请.
So even the most torrid affair should be conducted with a decided sense of propriety.
这样即使是再狂热的爱情也应该把握分寸有所克制.
Out the propriety of granting such a request, ie doubt whether it is right.
我怀疑答应这项要求是否合适.
Common sense and moral propriety , which ignored the Romanticists, again the predominant preoccupation in literary work.
道德和常理这些被浪漫主义时代遗弃多年的主题, 又回到了文学主流中来.
We hesitated at the propriety of the method.
我们对这种办法是否适用拿不定主意.