propriety 

  1. 名詞
不可數名詞: 適當, 妥當
正當, 得體
得體的舉止
禮貌
通常為複數the proprieties:
禮儀, 禮節
行為規範, 規矩
限定單數可數名詞:
a sense of propriety:
(人的)分寸

    同義字詞
decency,decorum,form
etiquette,form,manner,mores
appositeness,appropriateness,aptness,felicitousness,felicity,fitness,fittingness,properness,rightness,seemliness,suitability,suitableness

  2. 動詞片語連結
(人)have a sense of propriety:
有分寸
(人)have no sense of propriety:
沒有分寸
無分寸
毫無分寸
(人)have ...(主詞)'s own sense of propriety:
自有分寸

    
                        
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                                Bill has this great sense of propriety .                            
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                                I want punch in my words , not propriety .                            
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                                Obviously you lack any sense of propriety .                            
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                                Some have even set up sole propriety manufactories.                            
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                                The wealth of knowledge is discipline and propriety .                            
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