[usually before noun] of a good enough standard or quality

可接受的，相当好的，像样的:

a decent salary

不错的工资待遇

Don't you have a decent jacket?

你就没有一件像样的外套吗？

a house with a decent-sized yard

院子还算大的房子

Their in-flight magazine is halfway decent (=quite good) .

他们的航班杂志挺不错的。

following moral standards that are acceptable to society

正派的，规矩的;

The majority of residents here are decent citizens.

这里的大部分居民都是正派的市民。

a decent burial

体面的葬礼

Paul visited the local bars more frequently than was decent for a senior lecturer.

保罗过于频繁地光顾当地酒吧，不太合乎高级讲师的身份。

The chairman did the decent thing (=did what people thought he ought to) and resigned.

主席做了该做的事，辞职了。

[usually before noun] treating people in a fair and kind way

宽容的，和气的:

I decided her father was a decent guy after all.

我认为她父亲毕竟是个好人。

It was decent of you to show up today.

你今天来了可真好。

wearing enough clothes so that you do not show too much of your body – used humorously

穿着得体的，不暴露太多的〔幽默用法〕:

Are you decent? Can I come in?

你穿好了吗？我能进来了吗？