respectability
英 [rɪˌspektəˈbɪləti] 美 [rɪˌspɛktəˈbɪlɪti]

n.

体面；名望；得体；高尚

英英释义

respectability[ ri,spektə'biləti ]

• n.honorableness by virtue of being respectable and having a good reputation

  同义词：reputability

双语例句

用作名词(n.)

1. On the other hand, Swiss bankers do want respectability.
   另一方面，瑞士的银行家们也的确渴望得到尊重。
2. 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。
3. They were an old couple living on the margin of respectability.
   他们是一对老夫妻，过着几乎是不太体面的日子。

权威例句

Reputation and Respectability: A Suggestion for Caribbean Ethnology
Gaining Respectability: Development of Quantitative Methods in Ecosystem Health
Religion and Respectability: Sunday Schools and Working-Class Culture, 1780-1850
Dark Continent Of Our Bodies:Black Feminism & Politics Of Respectability
Respectability, Roughness and ‘Race’: Neighbourhood Place Images and the Making of Working‐Class Social Distinctions in London
Attribution of fault to a rape victim as a function of respectability of the victim.
Dark Continent of Our Bodies: Black Feminism and the Politics of Respectability, by E. Frances White
Review of: Mosse, G.L. (1985). Nationalism and sexuality. Respectability and abnormal sexuality in modern Europe.
Nationalism and Sexuality: Respectability and Abnormal Sexuality in Modern Europe. By George L. Mosse (New York: Howard Fertig, 1985...
Masculine Discourses and Dissonances: Strutting ‘Lads’, Protest Masculinity and Domestic Respectability