transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪspektəb(ə)l ]
1.
Someone or something that is respectable is approved of by society and considered to be morally correct.
He came from a perfectly respectable middle-class family...
ADJ
• re‧spect‧ably
She’s respectably dressed in jeans and sweatshirt.
ADV
• re‧spect‧abil‧ity
If she divorced Tony, she would lose the respectability she had as Mrs Tony Tatterton.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You can say that something is respectable when you mean that it is good enough or acceptable.
...investments that offer respectable rates of return...
= decent
ADJ