We must observe the decencies.

The decencies of mourning mean that media and political opponents are behaving gently.

默哀期间应遵守礼节,这就意味着新闻媒体们和政治对手们会表现的很礼貌.

His sense of decency forced him to resign.

他顾及颜面，不得不辞了职。

Her behaviour showed a total lack of common decency .

她的举止显示她连起码的礼节都不懂。

Overcoming every reluctance and instinctive decency, he had let himself consider sex.

尽管出于本性的正直, 他一万个不情愿这样想,但还是忍不住去考虑性的问题.

He was a man of decency and good judgment.

他是一个正派的、判断力很强的人.

This novel was widely condemned as an offence to public decency.

这本小说被公认为伤风败俗.

To steal something of sentimental value shows a total lack of common decency.

偷盗具有情感价值的东西说明这个人连最起码的行为准则都彻底失去了.

Amid the welcome confusion of cups and cakes a certain physical decency established itself.

递茶杯、传蛋糕所造成的忙乱大受欢迎,在忙乱之中建立了一种有形的体统.

He had the decency to admit his error.

他承认了自己的错误,真是会做人.

See all that tells me there's still a shred of decency left inside you.

这一切告诉我,你还有一点良心.

You should have the decency to apologize for what you did.

你应该讲点礼貌,为你所做的事道歉.

In her profligate life, she lost all sense of decency.

在她放荡的生活中, 她完全丧失了一个正常人的理智.

He hoped that for once the individual he referred to would decency to restrain himself.

他希望这一回他提到的那个人能够自尊自爱一些,克制一下自己.

He is a man of decency.

他为人正派.

A journalist should always live up to the ideals of truth, decency, and justice.

记者必须始终践行真实 、 正直 、 正义的理想.

Governments are often drawn into disputes about matters of public taste and decency.

政府经常被拉入到有关公众品位和社会风化问题的争论中.

Having children without getting married is an offence against decency.

渔民们自发地组织起来共同对抗渔霸.

His sense of decency and fair play made him refuse the offer.

他的正直感和公平竞争意识使他拒绝了这一提议.

Surely if the woman had any decency at all, she'd have withdrawn at once.

当然如果这个女人懂点礼节的话，她会马上离开。

Nobody had the decency to inform me of what was planned.

竟然没有一个人最起码地通知我一声计划了些什么。