respectable adj. 1.可尊敬的,可尊重的,人格高尚的,品行端正的;有身分的,有相当地位的,有名望的。 2.相当大的,可观的,不少的(数量等)。 3.不难看的,体面的,大方的,相当好的。 4.(举止、态度等)过分高雅的,一本正经的,装腔作势的。 the respectable 有身分的人们。 a respectable income 相当大的[不少的]收入。 respectable clothes 体面的[相当好的]衣服。 a respectable hill 相当大的小山。 a respectable painter 相当有名的画家。 a respectable minority 不小的少数。 He is too respectable for my taste. 那个人太高雅了,我不喜欢。 adv. -bly
family n. 1.家,家庭;〔集合词〕家庭成员,家属,子女;亲属。 2.氏族,家族,亲族。 3.〔美国〕阁员,(特指国务部的)同僚;派别。 4.门第,家系;〔英国〕门阀,名门。 5.人种,种族,民族。 6.系;族;科;【语言学】语族。 7.〔美俚〕(黑手党等犯罪集团的)行动小组。 His family is an old one. 他的家庭是一个旧式家庭。 My family are all well. 我全家都好。 the President 's official family 〔美国〕总统的全体阁僚。 the Indo-European family 印欧语族。 the Teutonic family 条顿民族。 the chromium family 【化学】铬族。 the Kantian family 康德学派。 the cat family 【动物;动物学】猫科。 a happy family 1. 幸福家庭。 2. 相安无事处于同一牢笼的不同类动物。 in a family way 1. 像家人一样随便,不拘形式地。 2. 怀孕。 in the family way 〔美国〕怀孕。 of (good) family 出身门第很高的。 run in the family (性格特征等)为一家所共有,世代相传 (A gift for music runs in that family . 那一家人人有音乐天才)。 adj. 家庭的,家族的。 a family likeness 亲属之间的相似,隐约的相似。
He was adopted into a respectable family . 他被一家有声望的人家收养。
They were of a respectable family in the north of england 他们属于北英格兰一个有名望的家庭。
We believe what he said , because he is well educated , come from a respectable family , and what is more he is a reliable 我们相信他所说的,因为他受过良好的教育,出生于受人尊敬的家庭,更重要的是他为人可靠。
Well , my daughter is about to be married . as the wife of the man she loves , she will enter a respectable family which requires that there should be nothing dishonourable in my house 现在我的女儿快要结婚了,她要嫁给她心爱的男人,她要走进一个体面的家庭,这个家庭希望能门当户对。
They were of a respectable family in the north of england ; a circumstance more deeply impressed on their memories than that their brother s fortune and their own had been acquired by trade 她们出生于英格兰北部的一个体面家族。她们对自己的出身记得很牢,可是却几乎忘了她们兄弟的财产以及她们自己的财产都是做生意赚来的。