柯林斯詞典polite /p??la?t/ (politer,politest) 1. ADJ Someone who is polite has good manners and behaves in a way that is socially correct and not rude to other people. 有禮貌的 Everyone around him was trying to be polite, but you could tell they were all bored. 他身邊的每一個(gè)人都盡力表現(xiàn)得彬彬有禮，但你可以看出他們都厭倦了。 Gonzales, a quiet and very polite young man, made a favourable impression. 岡薩雷斯是個(gè)文靜而又很有禮貌的年輕人，給人留下了很好的印象。2. politelyADV 禮貌地 "Your home is beautiful," I said politely. “你的家很漂亮，”我客氣地說(shuō)。 返回 polite劍橋詞典behaving in a way that is socially correct and shows understanding of and care for other people's feelings 有禮貌的 I'm afraid I wasn't very polite to her. 恐怕那時(shí)我對(duì)她有點(diǎn)不禮貌。 She sent me a polite letter thanking me for my invitation . 她給我寫(xiě)了一封客氣的信，感謝我的邀請(qǐng)。 He was too polite to point out my mistake . 他太客氣，沒(méi)有指出我的錯(cuò)誤。 socially correct rather than friendly 斯文的，文雅的 polite conversation 溫文爾雅的談話 ?polite society/company old-fashioned or humorous people who have been taught how to behave in a socially correct way 上流社會(huì)／上流階層 Sex never used to be discussed in polite society . 過(guò)去在上流社會(huì)從來(lái)不談?dòng)嘘P(guān)性的問(wèn)題。 例句 She was polite but not excessively so."Try to be polite to him." "Like hell I will!"He was unusually polite.He's usually quite polite in my presence .They're very polite in your presence , but you get the feeling they're laughing up their sleeves . 返回 polite