1·Take, for example, Mercedes-Benz, a brand that in much of the world suggests moneyed respectability.
举个例子来说,梅赛德斯奔驰在世界大部分地区都象征着富裕的体面人士。
2·Having worked tirelessly to achieve a position of gentlemanly respectability, neither a divorce nor an open affair was an option.
在不知疲倦地辛勤工作换来了体面的绅士身份后,不管是离婚还是出轨被曝光都不是明智的行为。
3·Long derided as a city of sleaze, the city is reaching for respectability.
久因污秽而遭到诟病的城市,如今正在找回自己的体面。
4·There is a peckingsgroupsin the respectability of time-wasting activities at work, and computer games are at the bottom of it.
上班时候哪种浪费时间行为最体面?人们心中有个座次排位,电脑游戏位居末列。
5·They were an old couple living on the margin of respectability.
他们是一对老夫妻,过著几乎是不太体面的日子。