2PHRASE (出于礼貌)应该做(但没做)… If you say that someone did not have the decency to do something, you are criticizing them because there was a particular action which they did not do but which you believe they ought to have done. (出于礼貌)应该做(但没做)… [disapproval]
Nobody had the decency to inform me of what was planned.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + DECENCY | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤common, human起碼的禮貌;得體的言行◇a lack of common decency缺少起碼的禮節➤basic, simple基本/簡單的禮儀➤moral道德風尚▸➤public社會風化◇Your conduct is an affront to public decency.你的行為有傷風化。VERB + DECENCY➤have行為得體◇He might have had the decency to let us know.他本該出於禮貌通知我們一下。PHRASES➤a sense of decency懂禮貌▸➤standards of decency行為準則