polite

A2 CET-4 Oxf 3000 初中 FREQ #4358 ★★☆☆☆

a. 有礼貌的, 文雅的, 客气的, 有教养的

发音

/pəˈlaɪt/

词形变化

polited polites 三单 polites politing politing 现在分词 polited 过去式 polited 过去分词 politer 比较级 politer politest more polite 比较级 politest 最高级 most polite 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

有礼貌的，客气的；文雅的；上流的；优雅的

behaving or speaking in a way that is correct for the social situation you are in, and showing that you are careful to consider other people's needs and feelings

She's always very polite.

她总是很有礼貌。

polite, well-behaved children

懂礼貌、守规矩的孩子

a clear but polite request

明确但客气的请求

It's not polite to talk with your mouth full.

满嘴食物时讲话是不礼貌的。

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To polish; to refine; to render polite.

    废旧 及物
adj. A2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Well-mannered, civilized.

    有礼貌

    斯文

    客气

    It's not polite to use a mobile phone in a restaurant.

    Try and be polite to Auntie Maria for once.

  2. 2.

    Smooth, polished, burnished.

    废旧

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 6

civil civilized civilised cultured cultivated genteel

反义词 1

impolite

近义相关 6

nice gracious refined courteous well-mannered mannerly

相关短语

polite society 上流社会 polite fiction polite fictions polite literature polite notice

词源

From Latin polītus (“polished”), past participle of poliō (“to polish, smooth”); see polish.

来源：wiktionary