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。

youdao

But now that I've been here, I think Amsterdam is a perfectly respectable city.

但是到这来后我才明白，阿姆斯特丹真是好体面的城市。

youdao

You wish to think all the world respectable, and are hurt if I speak ill of any body.

我只要说了谁一句坏话，你就难受。

youdao

Leaders all over Africa need to rebuild our African pride and the faith of young Africans in their leaders, this is one way I think they could achieve this and gain a respectable place in the world as peers.

BBC: What if Africa were to become the hub for global science?