decent
US: /ˈdisənt/
UK: /dˈiːsənt/
UK: /dˈiːsənt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
decent /'di:snt/
- tính từ
- hợp với khuôn phép
- đứng đắn, đoan trang, tề chỉnh
- lịch sự, tao nhã
- kha khá, tươm tất
- a decent dinner: bữa ăn tươm tất
- a decent income: số tiền thu nhập kha khá
- (thông tục) tử tế, tốt
- that's very decent of you to come: anh đến chơi thật tử tế quá
- a decent fellow: người tử tế đứng đắn
- (ngôn ngữ nhà trường), (từ lóng) hiền, không nghiêm khắc
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 (especially spoken) of a good enough standard or quality: a decent meal / job / place to live + I need a decent night's sleep.
2 (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.
3 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.
4 (informal) wearing enough clothes to allow sb to see you: I can't go to the door-I'm not decent.
Compare: INDECENT
decently adverb: I escaped from the party as soon as was decently possible. + You need to be decently dressed to go for an interview.
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.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 becoming, suitable, appropriate, proper, seemly, fitting:
Despite the life she led, the woman should have a decent burial.
2 seemly, decorous, tasteful, dignified, mannerly, nice, clean, respectable, polite, modest, presentable, acceptable:
Hereafter, you will use only decent language when speaking to me!
3 adequate, acceptable, passable, fair, competent, mediocre, middling, fair to middling, moderate, respectable, not bad, ordinary, so so, not outstanding, unimpressive, average, neither here nor there, all right, reasonable, tolerable, satisfactory, good enough, Colloq OK or okay:
Sales in the first quarter were decent but hardly outstanding.
4 courteous, proper, right, fair, honest, honourable, friendly, considerate, gracious, nice, thoughtful, obliging, kind, generous, accommodating:
You can count on David to do the decent thing.
5 chaste, pure, virtuous, modest, well-bred, decorous, well brought up, nice, respectable:
Caroline is a decent girl, but no great brain or beauty.
Collocation dictionary
1 good/acceptable
VERBS
be, look
The pub looked decent enough.
ADV.
really, very | perfectly | half/halfway, pretty, quite
We had trouble finding a hotel that was halfway decent.
| enough
PREP.
to
My uncle has been pretty decent to me.
2 honest/respectable
VERBS
be
ADV.
very | perfectly, thoroughly
PHRASES
do the decent thing
I think the minister should do the decent thing and resign.
Concise English dictionary
'diːsnt
adj.
+socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous
+according with custom or propriety
+conforming to conventions of sexual behavior
+enough to meet a purpose
+decently clothed
+observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress
adv.
+in the right manner
