polite

US [pəˈlaɪt]
UK [pə'laɪt]
  • adj.有礼貌的；客气的；儒雅的；应酬的
  • Web有教养的
Comparative Degree：politer  Superlative：politest  

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Polite
adj.
1.
有礼貌的；客气的；儒雅的having or showing good manners and respect for the feelings of others
Please be polite to our guests.
请礼貌待客。
We were all too polite to object.
我们都太客气了，没有反对。
2.
应酬的；礼节性的；客套的socially correct but not always sincere
I don't know how to make polite conversation .
我不晓得怎么说应酬话。
The performance was greeted with polite applause.
这场演出得到了礼貌性的掌声。
3.
[obn]
上流社会的from a class of society that believes it is better than others
‘Bum’ is not a word we use in polite company.
“屁股”可不是我们当着文雅人的面说的字眼。

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AllAll,有礼貌的有礼貌的,客气的客气的,儒雅的儒雅的,应酬的应酬的,有教养的有教养的
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1.
Her mother also noticed that Dorothy 's sentences mainly comprised parts of verbs and lacked most component parts of polite speech.
妈妈还发现多萝西说的句子主要由动词组成，并且缺乏最能构成礼貌语言的成分。
mā mā hái fā xiàn duō luó xī shuō de jù zi zhǔ yào yóu dòng cí zǔ chéng , bìng qiě quē fá zuì néng gòu chéng lǐ mào yǔ yán de chéng fèn 。
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2.
If you're pitching me specifically and I haven't emailed you back send me a polite reminder a week or two later.
如果你专门对我穷追不舍的话，你就应该在我没有回信给你的一周或者两周之后再发邮件过来提醒我。
rú guǒ nǐ zhuān mén duì wǒ qióng zhuī bù shě de huà , nǐ jiù yīng gāi zài wǒ méi yǒu huí xìn gěi nǐ de yī zhōu huò zhě liǎng zhōu zhī hòu zài fā yóu jiàn guò lái tí xǐng wǒ 。
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He seems to quite like my company, but he's exquisitely polite so I might be misreading him.
他似乎很喜欢我的公司，但他相当有礼貌，所以我可能是误解了他。
tā sì hū hěn xǐ huan wǒ de gōng sī , dàn tā xiāng dāng yǒu lǐ mào , suǒ yǐ wǒ kě néng shì wù jiě le tā 。
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Today, my boss walked in and said something I didn't quite hear, but my co-worker chuckled so to be polite, I laughed with him.
今天老板进来说了句什么，我没听清，不过同事笑了笑，我也配合他笑了笑。
jīn tiān lǎo bǎn jìn lái shuō le jù shén me , wǒ méi tīng qīng , bú guò tóng shì xiào le xiào , wǒ yě pèi hé tā xiào le xiào 。
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But it is still polite for a man to open doors for women, and to ask them to go first.
但对男士来说，为女士开门，请女士先行，仍被认为是礼貌之举。
dàn duì nán shì lái shuō , wèi nǚ shì kāi mén , qǐng nǚ shì xiān xíng , réng bèi rèn wéi shì lǐ mào zhī jǔ 。
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The phone is answered by a polite, well-spoken woman who tells me that she is trying to become an actress, but is struggling to find work.
电话是由一个有礼貌的，以及很会说话的女人回答的，她告诉我，她正试图成为一个演员，正在努力寻找工作。
diàn huà shì yóu yī gè yǒu lǐ mào de , yǐ jí hěn huì shuō huà de nǚ rén huí dá de , tā gào su wǒ , tā zhèng shì tú chéng wéi yī gè yǎn yuán , zhèng zài nǔ lì xún zhǎo gōng zuò 。
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"I finally got to know, " He said, "Everyone was kind to me. In return, I should at least be polite. "
“我终于了解到，”他说，“大家对我都很好，很有礼貌，所以我至少应该做到的是，对别人也有礼貌。”
" wǒ zhōng yú liǎo jiě dào , " tā shuō , " dà jiā duì wǒ dōu hěn hǎo , hěn yǒu lǐ mào , suǒ yǐ wǒ zhì shǎo yīng gāi zuò dào de shì , duì bié rén yě yǒu lǐ mào 。 "
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If the inquiry is from a regular customer, a direct and polite reply, with an expression of thanks, is all that is necessary.
如果询盘的是老客户，那么仅仅需要一个带有谢意的直接的礼貌的回复就可以了。
rú guǒ xún pán de shì lǎo kè hù , nà me jǐn jǐn xū yào yī gè dài yǒu xiè yì de zhí jiē de lǐ mào de huí fù jiù kě yǐ le 。
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He made a polite implication that he was going to leave.
他客气地做了一个要离开的暗示。
tā kè qi de zuò le yī gè yào lí kāi de àn shì 。
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Finally, Edward looked over at me with a polite smile. "I'll be right behind you, " he promised.
爱德华终于转头看向我，礼貌地笑着说，“我马上就去找你。”
ài dé huá zhōng yú zhuǎn tóu kàn xiàng wǒ , lǐ mào de xiào zhe shuō , " wǒ mǎ shàng jiù qù zhǎo nǐ 。 "
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