etiquette

詳細解釋：

et.i.quette

n.（名詞）
The practices and forms prescribed by social convention or by authority.
禮節：由社會習俗或權威所規定的常規或慣例

來源：
French
法文
from Old French estiquet [label] * see ticket
源自 古法文 estiquet [標籤，標記] *參見 ticket

<參考辭彙><同義詞>etiquette,propriety,protocol,decorumThese nouns refer to codes governing correct behavior.
這些名詞指的是支配正確行為方式的社會準則。
Etiquette and the plural formproprieties denote the forms of conduct prescribed in polite society:
Etiquette 和複數形式的proprieties 指的是文明社會中所規定的行為方式：
例句：
.Man is . . . a slave . . . to etiquette. (Frederick W. Robertson).
.人是禮節的奴隸. （弗來得雷克·W·羅伯森）。

例句：
Even when she was angry, she observed the proprieties.
甚至當她發怒的時候，都要遵從禮節。

Protocol refers to the official etiquette observed in affairs of state:
Protocol 指的是在國事活動中所遵從的官方禮儀：
例句：
The visiting prime minister, dispensing with protocol, exchanged informal reminiscences with her neighbor at the table. The word now often denotes simply a code of correct conduct:
來訪的總理不拘禮節地與其鄰座敘舊。 這個詞現在常僅指關於正確行為的準則：

例句：
Graduation exercises had to be consistent with academic protocol.
畢業典禮必須符合學院禮儀。

Decorum and the singular formpropriety denote conformity with established standards of manners or behavior:
Decorum 以及單數形式的properity 指的是與已有的舉止或行為標準一致：
例句：
.One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action . . . is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. (Sir Walter Scott).
.一小時充滿輝煌行為的生活抵得上一整年去遵守瑣碎禮儀的平庸生活. （瓦爾特·斯科特公爵）。

例句：
.He was afraid that, from some obscure motive of propriety . . . she would bring Janet with her. (Arnold Bennett).
.他擔心，出於某種模糊的禮節方面的動機…她會帶珍妮特和她一起來. （阿諾德·貝內特）