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

• He is a suave, cool and cultured man.
  他是个世故、冷静、有教养的人。
• Melanie had never seen a man cry and of all men, rhett, so suave, so mocking, so eternally sure of himself.
  媚兰从没看见男人哭过，尤其是瑞德这样的男人，那么温和，那么喜爱嘲弄，又那么永远相信自己。
• I had difficulty answering his suave questions.
  我难以回答他的一些彬彬有礼的提问。
• Unlikely for the suave superspy.
  对于这个温文尔雅的超级间谍来说似乎不大可能。
• 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。
• He was a spry, suave, and very precise general.
  他是一位生气勃勃，温文尔雅，一丝不苟的将军。
• Kim's suave appearance at the event has ignited such burning passion in employees that they are having a hard time falling asleep, resulting in huge dark circles under their eyes.
  由于金社长在此探班活动中温文儒雅的外型，点燃了社员们内心的热情，为此他们长期失眠，纷纷得了黑眼圈。
• He was suave and ingratiating.
  他举止文雅，善于奉迎。
• 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。
• 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。