polite
英[pə'laɪt]
美[pə'laɪt]
- adj. 有礼貌的，客气的；文雅的；上流的；优雅的
英英释意
- 1. showing regard for others in manners, speech, behavior, etc.
- 2. marked by refinement in taste and manners;
- "cultivated speech"
- "cultured Bostonians"
- "cultured tastes"
- "a genteel old lady"
- "polite society"
- 3. not rude; marked by satisfactory (or especially minimal) adherence to social usages and sufficient but not noteworthy consideration for others;
- "even if he didn't like them he should have been civil"- W.S. Maugham