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单词 propriety
释义
propriety
(prəprɪti )
uncountable noun
Propriety is the quality of being socially or morally acceptable. [formal]
Their sense of social propriety is eroded.
Synonyms: decorum, manners, courtesy, protocol  
Collocations:
sense of propriety
`You have no sense of propriety, Stuart," Ben replied benignly.
Tapply, William G A RODENT OF DOUBT (2001)
But in the end some slow-acting sense of propriety made her give a sigh, jam the lid back on to the tin of floor polish and stand up.
Ferrars, Elizabeth UNREASONABLE DOUBT
They feel a real sense of propriety over him.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He was a very modest man but he had a very high sense of propriety and conduct.
Max Arthur Lost Voices of the Edwardians: 19011910 in the words of the Men & Women Who Were There (2006)
Although all sense of propriety is lost when we are in the grip of a furious row.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
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