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respectability

英 [rɪ,spektə'bɪlɪtɪ] 美[rɪ,spɛktə'bɪləti]

英英释义实用场景例句

近义词reputation morality integrity virtue

n. 体面；可尊敬；有社会地位

中低频词

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.

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。