sense of propriety

A sense of fitness or propriety.

这是一次健康检查.

The boy hadn't much sense of propriety, he well knew.

他这“多多头”的小儿子不老成, 他知道.

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。

Sense of propriety, righteousness, honesty, and shame are the four cardinal virtues in running a nation.

礼义廉耻，国之四维。

So even the most torrid affair should be conducted with a decided sense of propriety.

这样即使是再狂热的爱情也应该把握分寸有所克制.

Being too sincere and gentle and accurate, language a sense of propriety.

语言也朴实平和、简练准确, 极有分寸感.

But at least I have a sense of propriety. Some new movies are just vulgar.

至少我懂得妥不妥当, 最近有些电影很粗俗.

Moreover, it lacks in a sense of propriety and authenticity, displaying a kind of morbid appreciative attitude in the description of violence and maltreatment.

它缺乏分寸感和真实性，在对暴力和施虐行为的叙述上，则表现出病态的鉴赏态度；

Secondly, exchanges should be appropriate, a sense of propriety.

其次, 交往要适当, 要有分寸.

A severe offense to one's sense of propriety or decency; an outrage.

冒犯:对某人的正当或得体的观念的严重违犯; 冒犯.

Their sense of social propriety is eroded.

他们的社交礼仪意识淡薄。

Her beret and silk scarf combination is as legendary as it is simple, and the beribboned fedoras she wore on several heists gave her a sense of propriety in improper circumstances.

她的贝雷帽和丝巾搭配既简洁又具有传奇色彩。她在多次抢劫中所戴的饰有缎带的浅顶软呢帽在不适宜的场合中散发出一种适宜感。