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

• To him and his beautiful, honest, but dull daughter the major is equally suave.
  少校对他和他那美丽、忠厚但头脑迟钝的女儿的态度都一样和颜悦色。
• 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。
• 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。
• His manner was aristocratic, his movements dapper and suave.
  他器宇轩昂，温文尔雅，举止潇洒。
• I'm the suave type.
  我是读书人型的。
• He was suave and ingratiating.
  他举止文雅，善于奉迎。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。