英语单词 | polite |
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英美音标 | 英 [pə'laɪt] 美 [pə'laɪt] |
中文释义 | adj.有礼貌的;客气的;有教养的;文雅的 |
英语例句 | (1) It is not polite of you to cut the speaker short. (2) This boy is polite to everyone. (3) You may be busy, but you should be polite at least. (4) Don't answer back; it's not polite. (5) She is fond of polite literature. |
中文例句 | (1) 你打断发言者的话,真不礼貌。 (2) 这个男孩对所有人都很礼貌。 (3) 你可能很忙,但无论如何你应客气点。 (4) 不要顶嘴, 这样显得你没教养。 (5) 她喜爱风雅文学。 |
vocabulary简明 | Polite means showing regards for others in manners, speech, and behavior. Since you are a polite dinner guest, you thank the host for inviting you and, even though you think the chicken is not cooked to perfection, you tell her you are enjoying the meal. |
vocabulary扩展 | The adjective polite comes from the mid-13th century Latin politus, which means "refined" or "elegant." Showing consideration for others, using tact, and observing social norms are the qualities of being polite. The opposite of polite is rude. Because the poet E.E. Cummings thought imagination is most important, he wrote, “Knowledge is a polite word for dead but not buried imagination.” |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]有礼貌的;客气的;文雅的 Someone who is polite has good manners and behaves in a way that is socially correct and not rude to other people.
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2 [ADJ 形容词]上流的;高雅的 You can refer to people who consider themselves to be socially superior and to set standards of behaviour for everyone else as polite society or polite company . [ADJ n]
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