suave

英 [swɑːv]

美 [swɑːv]

adj.  精明练达的; 圆滑的

BNC.22149 / COCA.19685

牛津词典

adj.

• 精明练达的；圆滑的
  confident, elegant and polite, sometimes in a way that does not seem sincere

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 精明练达的;圆滑的;温文尔雅的
  Someone who issuaveis charming, polite, and elegant, but may be insincere.
  1. He is a suave, cool and cultured man.
     他是个世故、冷静、有教养的人。

英英释义

adj

• smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication
  1. he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage
  2. the manager pacified the customer with a smooth apology for the error
  Synonym:politicsmoothbland
• having a sophisticated charm
  1. a debonair gentleman
  Synonym:debonairdebonairedebonnaire

双语例句

• The modern vampire in popular culture is more attractive, suave, and fashionably dressed than the Old World Slavic vampires, adding to the resurgence of their appeal, he added.
  他补充说道，与斯拉夫旧世界中的吸血鬼相比，流行文化中的现代吸血鬼更有吸引力、更文雅、穿著更时髦，增添其魅力的复苏。
• The AON product is only the latest proposed antidote to this reputation anxiety but it does shed interesting light on the effectiveness of suave reputation managers and their adrenalin-fuelled partners, the crisis managers.
  怡安的产品，只是为这种声誉焦虑症而炮制的最新解毒剂，但它的确饶有趣味地展示了彬彬有礼的声誉经理和肾上腺素满满的危机经理们的效力。
• Now that we are inside, talking above the raucous laughter from an adjoining table, our feet bumping against each other in our little booth, the restaurant seems more swaggering than suave.
  现在我们就坐在里边谈着话，邻桌传来嘶哑的笑声，在这小小的隔间里，我们脚顶着脚。这家餐厅似乎更显得狂妄自大，而非温文尔雅。
• In conversation, he was suave and urbane.
  谈话时，他温和有礼。
• I had difficulty answering his suave questions.
  我难以回答他的一些彬彬有礼的提问。
• I'm the suave type.
  我是读书人型的。
• You may feel stuck if your fundamentalist parents railed against sin or if your suave intellectual friends mock anyone who seems enthusiastic.
  如果你的基要主义者的父母反对罪恶，或者如果你的温文尔雅，聪明的朋友们嘲笑任何看上去有激情的人，那么你就会感到困惑。
• Where Root had been suave, knox was often offensive.
  鲁特表现得温和文雅，诺克斯则往往唐突冒失。
• How easily dazzled and deceived we are by eloquence, job title, degrees, high honors, fancy possessions, expensive clothing, or a suave demeanor.
  我们是多么容易就被迷惑以及欺骗；口才，职称，学位，名声，异想天开的财物，昂贵的衣物，或是殷勤讨好的举止。
• He was not a man of profound erudition, but he was a suave and unctuous speaker.
  他不是一个人深刻的学问，但他是一个温文尔雅和油腻的发言。