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.’