politeness
n. 有禮貌; 客氣; 文雅; 有禮貌的行為
Someone who is polite has good manners and behaves in a way that is socially correct and not rude to other people.
Everyone around him was trying to be polite, but you could tell they were all bored...
他周圍的每一個人都極力表現出彬彬有禮的樣子,但能夠看出他們都感到厭煩。
It's not polite to point or talk about strangers in public...
在公共場合對陌生人指指點點或議論紛紛都不禮貌。
You can refer to people who consider themselves to be socially superior and to set standards of behaviour for everyone else as polite society or polite company .
Certain words are vulgar and not acceptable in polite society.
有些字眼較粗俗,不為上流社會所接受。
1. a courteous manner that respects accepted social usage
2. the act of showing regard for others
She had that inbred politeness, it was a part of her.
她擁有那種天生的優雅,舉手投足都彬彬有禮。
She listened to him, but only out of politeness.
她只是出於禮貌聽他講話。
I was slightly afraid of their chilly distant politeness.
他們那種冷冰冰的、敬而遠之的客套讓我有點憷頭。
Daniel's few encounters with Gold had been characterized by a laboured politeness.
丹尼爾與戈爾德的幾次碰面都只是虛禮客套一番。
Her veneer of politeness began to crack.
她那彬彬有禮的偽裝開始露餡兒了。