词义：propriety是一个名词，指的是适当、得体、礼仪等方面的行为或态度。

词性：名词

词组搭配：

1. propriety of conduct 行为得当

2. propriety of speech 言辞得体

3. sense of propriety 礼仪感

短语：

1. propriety law (适当法律)

2. propriety behavior (适当行为)

发音拼写： /prprti/

中英例句：

1. We must observe the proprieties if we want to be received properly. (如果我们想得到得体的接待，我们必须遵守礼仪。)

2. The propriety of his speech impressed everyone. (他言辞得体，给人留下了深刻印象。)

3. She always observes the proprieties when she is in public. (她总是在公共场合遵守礼节。)

4. There was no doubt about the propriety of their actions. (他们的行为没有任何问题。)

5. His sense of propriety was admirable. (他的礼仪感令人钦佩。)

中文翻译：适当；得体；恰当；礼仪；应有的行为；体面

读音：[pr'prati]

例句：

1. He conducted himself with propriety at the dinner party. (他在晚宴上表现得很得体。)

2. It is essential to maintain a sense of propriety when dealing with clients. (在与客户打交道时保持恰当的行为至关重要。)

3. The teacher reminded the students of the propriety of speaking politely to their elders. (老师提醒学生们要对长者说话很有礼貌。)

4. The dress code at the office requires a certain degree of propriety. (办公室的着装规定需要一定的得体。)

5. The politician's actions were called into question for their lack of propriety. (这位家的行为因其不得体而受到质疑。)

propriety通常被翻译为"礼貌、礼节"的意思，还有得体的意思，发音是[pr'praiti]，propriety来源于英语，在《实用全新英汉双解大词典》中，共找到64个与propriety相关的例句。

Propriety的词典翻译

1.礼貌

例句:She only wished that it were less openly shewn; and once or twice did venture to suggest the propriety of some self-command to Marianne. (她只希望他们不要搞得太露骨，曾有一两次冒昧地建议玛丽安还是克制点为好。)

2.礼节

例句:As they grapple with the endless rules of their society, Austen’s characters can usually find humor in all the hypocrisy, propriety, and small talk. (当奥斯汀的角色在努力解决 他们社会中没完没了的规则时， 他们通常都可以找到幽默， 在各种伪善、得体举止， 和闲聊中都有着幽默。)

3.得体

例句:Not to push the bounds of propriety, but don't you think we ought to discuss the fact that the CIA's being used by the Vice President as his personal hit squad and that they'll do whatever they can to find us and kill us? (虽然不是时候 不过我们是不是该讨论下对策 现在中情局被副总统...)

4.规矩、得体

例句:The research resulted in a demimondaine's boudoir vibe with accents of more sober Rive Droite propriety. (翻译:这项研究导致了风流社会的女人的闺房感应与更清楚的撕裂的口音。)

用法及短语

propriety一般作为名词使用，如在with propriety(按照礼节,正当,适当)、play propriety(当监护人)、propriety officer(行为监察官)等常见短语中出现较多。

例句

1. Not to push the bounds of propriety, but don't you think we ought to discuss the fact that the CIA's being used by the Vice President as his personal hit squad and that they'll do whatever they can to find us and kill us? (翻译:虽然不是时候 不过我们是不是该讨论下对策 现在中情局被副总统...)

2. The research resulted in a demimondaine's boudoir vibe with accents of more sober Rive Droite propriety. (翻译:这项研究导致了风流社会的女人的闺房感应与更清楚的撕裂的口音。)

3. Nobody questioned the propriety of her being there alone. (翻译:没人认为她只身出现在那里不得体。)

4. The beauty of form, philosophy, conciseness, repetition and "propriety" of scientific language is studied and its feature is expounded. (翻译:对科技语言的形式美、哲理美、研炼美、简洁艺术美、“分寸”美进行了研究，并阐述了其特征。)

5. Gardiner was forced, as a matter of propriety, to drink until he left the party with his head reeling. (翻译:出于礼貌，卡狄那不得不继续喝，直到他头晕晕地离开晚会。)

6. The little sympathy which we feel with bodily pain is the foundation of the propriety of constancy and patience in enduring it. (翻译:因为我们很少同情身体上的疼痛，所以认为对于疼痛坚持不屈不挠的忍耐是正确的。)

7. The other products were backed by Microsoft with an open standard, not Apple's propriety standard. (翻译:其他产品有微软的开放标准支持 而不是苹果的私有标准)

8. The rarer such meetings, it would seem, the more important it was to reflect prosperity and propriety. (翻译:更奇特的是这样的聚会似乎更注重的是展现家庭的繁荣和礼仪。)

9. Americans, every day, in all sorts of situations, tread the fine line between concern and nosiness, between propriety and indiscretion. (翻译:美国人每天在各种情况中践踏关心与管闲事之间、得体与轻率之间的微妙界线。)

10. Her ardent sense of propriety fears that Bertha, in bed, might not be costumed decorously enough for the visit of a clerical gentleman. (翻译: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。)

11. I don't contest your right to dispose of your property as you see fit, but I doubt the propriety of this bequest. (翻译:我不反对你放弃你的财产的权力，但是我怀疑这遗产的合法性。)

12. He complained to his mother that her daughter-in-law had no propriety and said he wanted to divorce her. (翻译:孟子气冲冲地掉头就走，向母亲说媳妇不懂礼，要把她休掉。)

13. Mrs. Weston's modest propriety makes her a model for any woman. (翻译:Mrs. Weston谦虚态度值得所有的女人学习)

14. For propriety. Might it not be rather unseemly? (翻译:从常规来看太短了一点 这么短是不是不太礼貌？)

15. In here, you have the propriety of The New Yorker and the vulgarity of the language. (翻译:而这里，你可以看到《纽约客》的礼仪 和措辞上的粗鲁。)

近义词&反义词

propriety作为名词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有s、proprieties等。