propriety 雅思托福GRE

Architecture depends on Order , Arrangement , Eurythmy, Symmetry, Propriety, and Economy.

（工作的）架构取决于规则，安排，和，匀称，妥当以及经济等诸多因素。

The sensitive matter was handled with great propriety.

这件机密的事处理得极为适当。

She flouted the proprieties.

她对节不屑一顾。

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

她那强烈的使她担心卧床的伯莎衣饰不整，不适接待一位圣职人员的来访。