decent
adjective/ˈdiːsnt/
Слово англійською: decent
Переклад decent українською: пристойний
Детальний опис
- of a good enough standard or quality
- a decent meal/place to live
- Mark did a decent job as a replacement for Turner.
- I just want to get a decent job with decent pay.
- a decent pension/wage/standard of living
- I need a decent night's sleep.
- We think he's got a decent chance of qualifying.
- (informal) The acting in the film is actually pretty decent.
- (of people or behaviour) honest and fair; treating people with respect
- ordinary, decent, hard-working people
- Everyone said he was a decent sort of guy.
- Mr Harvey emerged as a thoroughly decent bloke.
- decent to somebody My uncle has been pretty decent to me.
- decent of somebody That's very decent of you.
- acceptable to people in a particular situation
- a decent burial
- That dress isn't decent.
- She ought to have waited for a decent interval before getting married again.
- (informal) wearing enough clothes to allow somebody to see you
- I can't go to the door—I'm not decent.
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘suitable, appropriate’): from Latin decent- ‘being fitting’, from the verb decere.
Idioms
to do the decent thing
- to do what people or society expect, especially in a difficult situation
- He did the decent thing and resigned.