| 词汇 | proprieties |
| 释义 | proprietiesphrase[ plural ] formal the rules of polite social behaviour: 礼仪，礼节 observe the proprietiesThey'd invited us to dinner so we thought we'd better observe the proprieties and invite them back.他们请了我们吃饭，所以我们认为最好遵循礼数回请他们。 He had no time for stuffy upper-crust social proprieties. My childhood home was a place of unshakable proprieties - if you swore, your mouth would be washed out with soap. Amy taunted her friend, challenging her to overcome her middle-class proprieties. The novel is excellent in its portrayal of small-town proprieties. See also propriety |
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