decency

1. N-UNCOUNT Decency is the quality of following accepted moral standards. 正派

His sense of decency forced him to resign. 他的正派作風(fēng)迫使他辭職。

2. PHRASE If you say that someone did not have the decency to do something, you are criticizing them because there was a particular action which they did not do but which you believe they ought to have done. 不得體[表不滿]

He didn't even have the decency to tell them in person. 他很沒禮節(jié)，居然沒親自告訴他們。