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单词

decorum

读音
dɪˈkɔːrəm
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释义

n. 礼仪;礼貌;端正

例句

I was treated with decorum and respect throughout the investigation.
整个调查当中我受到了礼遇和尊重。
This is in keeping with the decorum of the game, of course.
这当然是为了在比赛中保持风度。
You've breached the decorum of my courtroomwith all this hooting.
你的这种叫嚣违反了本法庭的礼仪。

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But therein lies the third rule:don't mistake decorum for civility.Even if you have a dowager countess as fabulous as Dame Maggie Smith.
you know, left-leaning Washington Post --wrote an editorial and sided with decorum.And they argued that officials should be allowed to dine in peace.
And imagine if we had sided, in this country,with decorum and courtesy throughout our history.You know, I think about the suffragettes.
because calling for civility sets up the speakeras a model of decorum while implicitly, subtly stigmatizinganyone with the temerity to disagree as uncivil.
And that is whether you lean right or whether you lean left.And in part, that's because modern usage equates civility with decorum,with formal politeness, formal behavior.
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