Huck, we can't let you into the gang if you ain't respectable, you know.
哈克，你要是不体面，我们就不能接受你入伙。
It was the heart of a most respectable rich man, whose name is certain to be found in the Directory.
那是一个可敬又富有的绅士的心，他的名字可以在《名人录》里找到。
He depicted the town's respectable families in an unflattering light.
他未用任何修饰地描述了小镇上受人敬重的家庭。
Dickens's mother supposedly came from a more respectable family.
据说狄更斯的母亲来自一个更有名望的家庭。
A few of these slang terms prove so useful that they graduate into respectable society.
这些俚语中的一些被证明是十分有用的，因而逐渐进入了上流社会。
His father was a clerk in the British Navy Pay Office—a respectable position, but with little social status.
他的父亲是英国海军薪酬办公室的职员——一个受人尊敬，但没有什么社会地位的职业。
Swedish journalists are also rather respectable.
瑞典记者们也相当可敬。
What renders authority legitimate or respectable?
什么使得权力合法化并让人敬仰？
Even the achingly respectable agenda contains pitfalls.
即使这次极为体面的议事日程也包括一些隐患。
Yet this respectable average hides a series of problems.
然而，这一可观的平均增长率掩盖了一系列的问题。
This section about insects is written by a respectable specialist.
关于昆虫的这一节是由一位可敬的专家撰写的。
All the games are exciting and the competitors are respectable.
所有的比赛都很刺激，选手们也很值得尊敬。
I don't think it proper to call a respectable professor "Old Kobul".
我觉得把一位值得尊敬的教授称为“老科布尔”不太好。
Respectable, but still far from the Harvards and Oxfords of the world.
还算不错，但与名校哈佛和牛津仍相去甚远。
The fine-wine merchant was an unusually respectable figure—for a tradesman.
对生意人来说，高级葡萄酒商通常是个体面人物。
There exists a very respectable liberal school which does not hate Waterloo.
有个很可敬的自由派丝毫不恨滑铁卢。
The whole notion of chivalry was about dressing it up to make it respectable.
整个骑士精神的概念就是把它包装起来，使它令人尊敬。
More respectable colonists began to arrive, but growth continued to be precarious.
更多可敬的殖民来到这里，但增长仍岌岌可危。
By the time I decided to move to Asia, I had saved a respectable amount of money.
在决定移居亚洲时，我已存了相当可观的一笔钱。
Mr Auletta does a respectable job of reviewing the media companies’ predicaments.
Mr Auletta做了一项令人称道的工作：回顾了媒体公司的困境。
While the economy grew at a respectable rate for much of this decade, hiring did not.
而经济在这个十年大部分都保持了增长。但是工作却没有增长。
The maids don't think it respectable to dance at "The Flower-de-Luce", ' he explained.
“女孩子们觉得在花露斯这个地方来跳舞不雅观，”他解释说。
I often use Urbandictionary to research slang USES of otherwise staid and respectable words.
我经常使用“城市词典”来研究大量词汇固定用法之外的俚语用法。
Over time, regulation of the capital account might become as respectable as banking regulation.
随着时间的推移，对资本账户的监管可能会变得与对银行的监管同样重要。
Bill Gates is now a respectable businessman and philanthropist, and is no longer a computer whiz kid.
比尔·盖茨现在是受人尊敬的企业家和慈善家，也不再是当年那个电脑神童了。
But in free societies, anything-however outrageous it seems at first-becomes respectable after a while.
但是在自由社会里，任何事物——不论它事先看似多么粗暴——之后都会变得可敬。
But in free societies, anything-however outrageous it seems at first-becomes respectable after a while.
但是在自由社会里，任何事物——不论它事先看似多么粗暴——之后都会变得可敬。
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