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polite adj.(-liter; -est)1.有禮貌的;殷勤的...

“ fat “ is the most usual and direct adjective to describe people with excess flesh , but it is not polite . “胖”是描述有贅肉的人的最常用、最直接的形容詞,但不禮貌。

Everyone in polite circles knew that in america, “a gentlemen couldn't go into politics. “ 上流社會的人都知道,在美國“紳士是不能談及政治的。”

“ could “ is more polite but is only used in questions . Could更客氣些,但只用于疑問句中。

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Her gray sun-strained eyes looked back at me with polite reciprocal curiosity out of a wan, charming, discontented face . 她那雙被太陽照得瞇縫著的灰眼睛看著我,一張蒼白、可愛、不滿的臉上流露出有禮貌的、回敬的好奇心。

He is ceremonious, stately, most polite on every occasion to my lady, and holds her personal attractions in the highest estimation . 他彬彬有禮,神氣十足,無論什么時候,總是對我的夫人殷殷勤勤,對她的魅力推崇備至。

He mimicked him behind his back, as the polite major bowed and smirked to lady clavering or miss amory . 他在和氣的少校背后模仿他的動作,學他在克拉弗林夫人和艾默里小姐面前那副卑躬屈節、脅肩諂笑的神態。

By these, i gathered the prince was a gracious spirited boy, like the son of a race of polite kings . 根據這一番話,我推測這一位王子是一個勇敢、謙遜的孩子,象一個素有教養的帝王家的孩子一樣。

Even those neighbours who had called peter featherstone an old fox, had never accused him of being insincerely polite . 有些鄰居罵彼得費瑟斯通是老狐貍,但即使這些人也從沒指責他虛情假意。

“ fat “ is the most usual and direct adjective to describe people with excess flesh , but it is not polite . “胖”是描述有贅肉的人的最常用、最直接的形容詞,但不禮貌。

I should, if i had deliberated, have replied to this question by something conventionally vague and polite . 要是我考慮一下,我會按照慣例含糊而有禮貌地回答他的問題。

Most were barely polite to the staff whose job was to check identifications before allowing admittance to the hall . 大多數人對大廳門口檢查身份證的人員幾乎不客氣了。

The early colonists could naturally find little leisure for either the reading or the writing of polite literature . 早期的殖民者自然無暇閱讀或創作典雅的文學。

He wrote coarsely; his ear for dialogue, especially for polite discourse, was poor . 他的文筆粗俗,雖則一心留意他人的對話,特別是高雅的談吐,可惜鑒賞力不行。

They were very polite at first, and it amused them very much that i should be an american . 他們起初總是非常拘謹,使他們感到非常有意思的是我竟是一個美國人。

Our relations continued to be cool, easy, and polite both in public and in private . 我們之間的關系,不論在公事上還是私事上,都始終保持冷淡,隨便和客氣。

The brahmins, in writing and in person, upheld a polite america to europeans . 美國紳士派文人,在寫作和做人方面,拿給歐洲人看的,是一個溫文爾雅的美國。

He was only a soft-hearted grateful fellow, and had nothing genteel or polite about him . 他只是一個心腸軟、知道感恩圖報的人,并不懂得什么派頭和禮貌。

The polite evasion, the embarrassed laughs had suddenly assumed another meaning . 那些彬彬有禮的推辭,那些不好意思的笑聲,似乎都另外有了一層意思。

Everyone in polite circles knew that in america, “a gentlemen couldn't go into politics. “ 上流社會的人都知道,在美國“紳士是不能談及政治的。”