| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
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他获准体面退伍。 He received an honourable discharge from the army. | ||
去把自己弄得体面点儿。 Go and make yourself look respectable. | ||
他们衣着并不华贵，但也整洁体面。 Their clothes were not expensive, but they were clean. | ||
过上体面生活的需求可是实实在在的。 And the need to earn a decent living is real. | ||
《家政工人体面工作协定》已酝酿三年。 The Convention Concerning Decent Work for Domestic Workers has been three years in the making. | ||
她的母亲和父亲都是波多黎各体面。 Her mother and father are both of Puerto Rican decent. | ||
他觉得为自己以前的雇员工作有失体面。 He found it demeaning to work for his former employee. | ||
卡尔扎伊自己就是美国体面撤军的一个最大的障碍。 Mr Karzai himself is among the biggest obstacles that stand between America and a dignified withdrawal. | ||
而且你不能穿得再体面些吗？人们会以为你是个流浪汉。 And can't you dress more decently – people will think you're a tramp. | ||
如果她和托尼离婚，她将会失去作为托尼•塔特顿太太的体面。 If she divorced Tony, she would lose the respectability she had as Mrs. Tony Tatterton. | ||