1.适当；正当；妥当；得体
propriety is the quality of being socially or morally acceptable.
e.g. Their sense of socialpropriety is eroded.
他们的社交礼仪意识淡薄。
1. 适当：这套教材有以下两个特点:三是教会学生套用句型,但脱离交际的实际,缺乏社交上语言的适当(propriety)性,即不考虑交际的场合、对象、方式、语体等. 4、鼓励学生多接触和使用外语,特别是真实(authentic)的语言材料. 学生要经过反复使用,
2. 礼仪：鄄ness)、礼仪(propriety)、智慧(wisdom)、忠诚(loyal?鄄ty)和贞节(fidelity)等传统的伦理道德,在现代中国社会中仍然或多或少发挥着作用(Hwang,1987; Yueng& Tung, 1996). 第四,对于权力及掌权者的看法,中、西方也不相同. 儒家文化注重侠义之心,
我怀疑这样做是否适当。
The students in our school can be admitted propriety by No.1 Middle School.我校学生中考可被华师一高中部适当优惠录取。
In propriety of classification, however, the people of a country are not to be counted in its wealth.然而，按照正当的分类，一个国家的人民不应算作这个国家的财富。
Ellen ignored all things contrary to her ideas of propriety and tried to teach Scarlett to do the same, but with poor success.对于那些自认为不正当的事情爱伦总是不屑一顾，并且想教导思嘉也这样做，可是没有多大效果。
I doubt the propriety of such a remark.我怀疑这样的话是否得体。
You can trust John to behave with perfect propriety.你可以相信约翰的行为会完全得体。
China is a country of courtesy and propriety.中华民族是个讲究礼仪的国家。
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。
Nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone.没人认为她只身出现在那里不得体。
They were careful to observe the proprieties.他们恪守规矩。
Their sense of social propriety is eroded.他们的社交礼仪意识淡薄。
He refused the invitation propriety.他有礼貌地拒绝了邀请.
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.
Out the propriety of granting such a request, ie doubt whether it is right.我怀疑答应这项要求是否合适.
Common sense and moral propriety , which ignored the Romanticists, again the predominant preoccupation in literary work.道德和常理这些被浪漫主义时代遗弃多年的主题, 又回到了文学主流中来.
We hesitated at the propriety of the method.我们对这种办法是否适用拿不定主意.
A sense of fitness or propriety.这是一次健康检查.
I doubt the propriety of the term.我怀疑这个术语是否适当.
I doubt the propriety of doing so.我怀疑这样做是否适当.
The way these tourists dress offends local standards of propriety.这些游客的穿着在当地人的眼中简直不成体统.
China is a country of courtesy and propriety.中华民族是个讲究仪礼的国家.
Elinor the corgi behaved with great propriety, while Mr Toshio Suzuki did headstands on the lawn.当铃木敏夫先生在草坪上倒立时,家里的威尔斯柯基犬Elinor举止得宜.
The physical strength of paper can be enhanced by appending propriety collagen.在植物纤维中添加适量的胶原纤维可以较大地提高纸页的强度性能.
To subdue one's self and return to propriety, is perfect virtue.克己复礼为仁.
His conduct runs counter to all rules of propriety.他的行为违反一切礼教规范.
These nouns refer to what is not in accord with truth, accuracy, or propriety.这些名词指与真理不符 、 不准确或不适宜的事物.
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.
The sensitive matter was handled with great propriety.这件机密的事处理得极为适当.
China has always been known as a land of propriety band righteousness.中国从来以礼义之邦著称.
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.
Submit assessment report or certification for propriety made fire damper installation method.递交评定报告或证书关于专利厂防火闸的安装方法.
propriety suggests reciprocity. It is not propriety not to give out but to receive, or vice versa.礼尚往来. 往而不来,非礼也;来而不往, 亦非礼也.
In this Gibraltar of propriety , mediocrity gets intrenched and consolidated and founded in adamant.平庸笼罩在礼数的厚重外衣下,被人们固守,强化,奉为不可动摇的准则.
Speaking of propriety , it is better to be frugal than extravagant.说到礼,与其奢华浪费, 不如俭约些好.
The law reflects the interpersonal power relation, and the propriety embodies the cooperative one.“法”体现的是人与人之间的权力关系, “礼”体现的是人与人之间的合作关系.
At last, we designed the system structure frame and module function frame, and propriety report forms.最后对系统进行了设计,给出了系统框架图和模块功能结构图, 以及符合单位自身需要的数据统计报表等.
As a concept, propriety had been at a very important position in the Confucianism.“礼”是儒家思想中具有非常重要地位的一个概念.
A committee to consider the propriety of impeaching Arlington.
出自：Ld Macaulay
