Was it just the Greek sense of honor and propriety that kept them from doing a sneak attack?

是希腊人的荣誉感和道德使他们不会采取偷袭的方式吗？

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Her beret and silk scarf combination is as legendary as it is simple, and the beribboned fedoras she wore on several heists gave her a sense of propriety in improper circumstances.

她的贝雷帽和丝巾搭配既简洁又具有传奇色彩。她在多次抢劫中所戴的饰有缎带的浅顶软呢帽在不适宜的场合中散发出一种适宜感。

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The Western sense of propriety gets thrown to wind, and what we are left with is . . .

西方的礼节意识随风消逝，而留给我们的是……

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Was it just the Greek sense of honor and propriety that kept them from doing more creative sneak attack?

是否是希腊人的荣誉感和道德,使他们不会采取偷袭的方式

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Rather than a sense of propriety, the chief reason for this is that newspapers on the other side of the Channel have been treading very carefully since the News of the World scandal and the illegal phone hacking of public figures.

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