respectability
n. 体面; 名望; 得体; 高尚
Someone or something that is respectable is approved of by society and considered to be morally correct.
He came from a perfectly respectable middle-class family...
他出身于一个非常正派的中产阶级家庭。
It was a highly respectable and what was called an 'old-fashioned' hotel situated not far from Piccadilly.
这是一家非常体面的“老式”旅馆,坐落在离皮卡迪利广场不远的地方。
You can say that something is respectable when you mean that it is good enough or acceptable.
...investments that offer respectable rates of return...
回报率可观的投资
At last I have something respectable to wear!
我终于可以穿上体面的衣服了!
1. honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation
Mr. Simpson proved to be a man of spotless respectability.
辛普森先生被证明是一位无懈可击的体面人物.
Most UK bankers still want an air of respectability in banking.
大多数英国银行家仍然向往银行业那种高尚气氛.
Mr Sympson proved to be a man of spotless respectability.
辛普森先生原来就是一位无懈可击的体面人物.
And the husband has to compromise immediately, because it is a question of his respectability.
丈夫不得不立即妥协, 这事关他的名望.
No company should be distracted by a misguided effort to a paragon of social respectability.
为充当承担社会责任的表率而努力是错误的行动,任何公司都不该为此分心.