体面

He was always to be seen in the right places.

他总是会出现在一些体面的地方。

Parents are humiliated if their children behave badly when guests are present.

子女在客人面前举止失当,父母也失体面.

He depicted the town's respectable families in an unflattering light.

他在描述镇上体面人家时满是贬抑之词。

I went to Brooks Brothers and bought myself a decent shirt.

我去布鲁克斯兄弟专卖店给自己买了一件体面的衬衫。

What an improper suggestion!

多么不体面的建议!

He argued that the only honorable course of action was death.

他认为唯一体面的行为就只有一死。

a highly respectable neighbourhood

非常体面的社区

The dispute was settled honourably.

争议体面地得到解决.

He had bowed out gracefully when his successor had been appointed.

他在继任者被任命后体面地引退了。

Will the time never come when we may honourably bury the hatchet?

难道我们永远不可能有个体面地休战的时候 吗 ?

He married again with almost indecent haste.

他再婚了,匆忙得几乎有失体面.

He had a vaguely disreputable appearance.

他看上去有些不那么体面.

And can't you dress more decently—people will think you're a tramp.

你就不能穿得更体面一些吗——别人还以为你是个流浪汉呢。

The former wild man of rock has reinvented himself as a respectable family man.

过去的那位摇滚狂人已经改变形象，成了一位体面的爱家的男人。

He found it demeaning to work for his former employee.

他觉得为自己以前的雇员工作有失体面。