Politeness
[pə'laɪtnɪs]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the act of showing regard for others.
(noun.) a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage.
杰奎琳編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) High finish; smoothness; burnished elegance.
(n.) The quality or state of being polite; refinement of manners; urbanity; courteous behavior; complaisance; obliging attentions.
琼整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Courtesy, civility, good manners, courteousness, gentility, affability, complaisance, comity, amenity, suavity, decorum, good-breeding, good manners, obliging manner.
校對:路易丝
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Courtesy, refinement, good_breeding, courteousness, urbanity, civility,gentility,[See COURTESY]
整理:纳撒尼尔
娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.
手打:索菲
例句/造句/用法:
- I answered, more in shyness than politeness, After you, miss. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Maurice took the hint, and addressed himself to the Count with an air of elaborate politeness. 福爾斯·休姆. 奇幻島.
- As it was, I met him with the most resolute politeness, apologised for my involuntary intrusion (which he called a trespass,) and left the grounds. 威爾基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Mrs. Sparsit gave him a look of the darkest scorn, and said with great politeness, 'Really, sir? 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- He does it with the utmost politeness to the gods. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- He would listen to the most pathetic appeals with the most discouraging politeness and equanimity. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- There was only one of our society who carried politeness so far as to seem amused at such disgusting profligacy. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Wrapt up in a cloak of politeness, she seemed determined to hazard nothing. 簡·奧斯丁. 愛瑪.
- I repudiate, for the moment, my politeness, and say, Lies, lies, lies. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- His politeness, which was extreme, would not allow of the young lady's lighting herself down-stairs, or going down alone. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- She might have had the politeness to send that message at first, but it's better late than never. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- Everybody went away having any pretensions to politeness, and of course, with them, Doctor von Glauber, the Court Doctor, and his Baroness. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Politeness and little gallantries are inseparable from my character. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Marie lifted her large eyes on her cousin with an air of some curiosity, and received her with languid politeness. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- It's impossible,' said Mrs. Gradgrind, with a mingled sense of politeness and injury, 'to be constantly addressing him and never giving him a name. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
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