decent

de‧cent S3 / dis ə nt / 形容词

1 [通常用于名词前] of a good enough standard or quality :

a decent salary

Don’t you have a decent jacket?

a house with a decent-sized yard

Their in-flight magazine is halfway decent (= quite good ) .

2 following moral standards that are acceptable to society → decency

decent citizens/people/folk etc

The majority of residents here are decent citizens.

a decent burial

Paul visited the local bars more frequently than was decent for a senior lecturer.

The chairman did the decent thing (= did what people thought he ought to ) and resigned.

3 [通常用于名词前] treating people in a fair and kind way :

I decided her father was a decent guy after all.

It was decent of you to show up today.

4 wearing enough clothes so that you do not show too much of your body – used humorously :

Are you decent? Can I come in?

— decently 副词

THESAURUS

satisfactory good enough – often used when something reaches a fairly good standard, but is not of a high standard : Her grades are satisfactory. | For a beginner, this camera produces satisfactory results.

all right/OK spoken not bad, but not very good : The meal was all right, but rather expensive. | ‘How was the film?’ ‘It was OK.’

reasonable fairly good : a reasonable standard of living | The quality of the food was reasonable.

acceptable if something is acceptable to you, you think it is good enough and you are willing to take it : an acceptable offer | an acceptable level of risk | They can’t find a solution that is acceptable to both sides.

adequate enough in quantity, or of a good enough standard. Adequate sounds rather formal and is used especially in official contexts : an adequate supply of drinking water | adequate standards of hygiene

decent especially spoken good enough in quality – used especially when something is as good as most other things : I want my kids to get a decent education. | Where can I get a decent cup of coffee? | The food’s decent and the service is good.

passable satisfactory, but not of the best quality – used especially about food and drink, or someone’s skill at doing something. Passable sounds rather formal : a passable French wine | His Japanese was passable. | a passable imitation of Barack Obama

be up to scratch informal to be of a good enough standard : His work wasn’t up to scratch. | None of the hotels they suggested were up to scratch.

will do informal to be good enough for a particular purpose : Any kind of paper will do. | ‘How about Ken?’ ‘I suppose he’ll do.’