decent
/ˈdiːs(ə)nt/
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de - cent -> decent
(adj) သင့်တင့်လျောက်ပတ်သော။ လက်ခံနိုင်လောက်သော။ သင့်သော။ ကောင်းသော။ ရည်မွန်သော။ သိက္ခာရှိသော။ သင့်တော်သော။
၁။ (က) သင့်တင့်လျောက်ပတ်သော။ လက်ခံနိုင်လောက်သော။
We must provide decent housing for the poor. ❍ The hospital has no decent equipment. ❍ He's done the decent thing and resigned. ❍ earn a decent wage/living. (ခ) သင့်သော။ ကောင်းသော။ ရည်မွန်သော။ That was quite a decent lunch. ❍ They're a decent firm to work for (ie They treat their employees well). ❍ He's a thoroughly decent (ie honourable) man.
၂။ သိက္ခာရှိသော။ သင့်တော်သော။
That dress isn't decent. ❍ (infml ) Are you decent? (ie Are you properly dressed?) ❍ She ought to have waited for a decent interval before marrying again. Compare INDECENT
❏ decently adv သင့်တင့်လျောက်ပတ်စွာ။ ကောင်းကောင်း မွန်မွန်။
They're paid fairly decently. ❍ decently dressed.
- Are there any decent restaurants around here?
- Barcelona have a decent chance of winning the game.
- A decent caring man
- [it is decent of someone to do something] : It was decent of David to offer to pay.
- [be decent about something] : When I told her the truth, she was quite decent about it.
- It’s not decent to get married again so soon after your husband has died.
- [do the decent thing] : After such rudeness, the chairman should do the decent thing and apologize publicly.
- Don’t look – I’m not decent yet!
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