The quarter was not fashionable; it was not even respectable.

这不是有钱人居住的地区，甚至不是一个体面的地方。

And so I find that the Americans are worth for the long days than us more respectable.

因此我发现，美国人比我们更值得拥有更长的白天，对他们而言更重要。

Companies understandably want workers who deal with the public to look respectable.

公司希望和公众打交道的员工看起来体面，这是可以理解的。

Strange company for a respectable man like a postmaster to keep.

这种奇怪的朋友 不像是德高望重的邮局局长会结交的。

A few rubies retreated into the upper bulb, leaving a respectable amount below nevertheless.

几个红宝石又飞回到上面的圆球里，尽管这样，余下的数目还是相当可观的。

But for now the hobby is almost respectable.

但是直至现在，这种爱好仍然受到人们的尊敬。

It would mean that when you moved on you will have had a respectable job with a respectable reference.

这样你日后想再去找其他工作，你就能有来自一份体面工作给出的相当不错的推荐信。

Use it to fund a new, hopefully more respectable start in life.

用那些钱开始一段正当一点的新生活。

The assumption was they'd get a respectable painting. What they got was this.

他们想当然的以为会得到一幅值得尊敬的作品，可他们得到的是这个。

No respectable adoption agency is just gonna hand over that information to us.

没有哪个像样的领养机构会把这些信息给我们的。