propriety

To be well-educated and propriety-mined has always been a consensus among the Chinese people.

知书识礼，一直是中国人对于文明的共识。

He complained to his mother that her daughter-in-law had no propriety and said he wanted to divorce her.

孟子气冲冲地掉头就走，向母亲说媳妇不懂礼，要把她休掉。

This guide was strictly a product of the accumulated lessons of a woman's life time of quiet cultivation and propriety in action.

这纯是她一生默默修持道德和履行礼仪的经验结晶。

Gardiner was forced, as a matter of propriety, to drink until he left the party with his head reeling.

出于礼貌，卡狄那不得不继续喝，直到他头晕晕地离开晚会。

Her ardent sense of propriety fears that Bertha, in bed, might not be costumed decorously enough for the visit of a clerical gentleman.

她那强烈的礼仪感使她担心卧床的伯莎衣饰不整，不适合接待一位圣职人员的来访。

Elinor then ventured to doubt the propriety of her receiving such a present from a man so little, or at least so lately known to her.

至于马厩，只要有个棚子就行。随后埃丽诺大胆地表示，从一个自己并不了解、或者至少是最近才了解的男人那里接受礼物，她怀疑是否恰当。

I don't contest your right to dispose of your property as you see fit, but I doubt the propriety of this bequest.

我不反对你放弃你的财产的权力，但是我怀疑这遗产的合法性。

Mr. Darcy with grave propriety requested to be allowed the honour of her hand; but in vain.

达西先生非常有礼貌地要求她赏光，跟他跳一场，可是他白白要求了。

It violates Chinese ideas of propriety, not to say of decency, in a great variety of ways.

它在许多方面违反了中国的关于恰当得体的观念，更谈不上合乎礼仪了。

Nevertheless, questions about the propriety of OMB's oversight activity have continued to arise.

但无论怎样，关于管理和预算办公室的监督活动的适宜性问题仍不断出现。

Propriety is not apart from yielding; yielding must accord with propriety. The two complement and benefit one another.

礼不离让，让必合乎礼，二者相辅相成，相得益彰。

No joint venture parties or person shall own any propriety right or interest as regards all or part of any propety or asset of the JVC.

合资方或任何个人，对合资公司的财产或资产的任何整体或部分都不应拥有任何所有者权益。

Now was the time when her son-in-law's promise to his father might with particular propriety be fulfilled.

现在该是约翰，达什伍德妥善履行对父亲的诺言的时候啦。

A strongly cultured idea in philosophy, propriety is believed to be the best solution to all conflicts in society.

按照这个很有文化特色的哲学，“礼”是社会各种矛盾和冲突的最好的协调方式。

The photographic session had to be suspended until Mr Ali had consulted his Muslim spiritual leader on the propriety of the pose.

于是拍摄工作不得不暂停，等待阿里先生请教他的穆斯林精神导师摆这个造型是否合适。

" Of course, this requires appropriate sense of propriety flu, as well as clever " show.

当然，这需要恰当的分寸感、方式、以及巧妙的“展示”。

The rarer such meetings, it would seem, the more important it was to reflect prosperity and propriety.

更奇特的是这样的聚会似乎更注重的是展现家庭的繁荣和礼仪。

She is preternaturally cautious, a consequence of her Methodist propriety and 20 years of insane public scrutiny.

卫理公会训诫以及20年的强大公众监督，使得克林顿尤为谨慎小心。

"He was afraid that, from some obscure motive of propriety . . . she would bring Janet with her" (Arnold Bennett).

“他担心，出于某种模糊的礼节方面的动机…她会带珍妮特和她一起来”（阿诺德·贝内特）

Mr. Oakhurst seldom troubled himself with sentiment, still less propriety; but he had a vague idea that the situation was not fortunate.

奥克赫斯特先生难得感情用事，尤其不重视礼节；不过他模糊地感到，当时的情况也是不幸的。