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 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。
• "Peony Pavilion" are no exception, seized Hsu and Lu Xiaoman's Marriage a big fuss, suave romantic poet Hsu Chih-mo and shiny, Lu Xiaoman crash together, it is a must-see scenery.
  《美丽与哀愁》也不能免俗，抓住了徐志摩与陆小曼的婚恋大做文章，风流倜傥的诗人徐志摩与光彩照人的陆小曼碰撞在一起，正是一道不可不看的风景。
• The secretary's beautiful figure and suave manners made the office bright.
  秘书形象优雅态度温和，使办公室为之一亮。
• 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。
• Many equate him with his suave character Min Gi Seo, but Jang Hyuk is quick to clarify that although they share some personality traits, they are not the same.
  许多人拿这位温文尔雅的角色闵基书与他对比，但张赫很快澄清他们并不一样，虽然他们分享了一些个性特征。
• 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。
• 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。
• The suave and reasonable weight of his dislikes and his approvals stirred Shelton up to feel ironical and insignificant.
  他那平和的恰如其分的爱憎，激起了谢尔顿的感情，使他有玩世不恭和无足轻重的感觉。
• Cocktails are once again recognized by modern sophisticates as being the tipple of the suave.
  现代风雅之士再次将鸡尾酒视为柔和的烈酒。
• I had difficulty answering his suave questions.
  我难以回答他的一些彬彬有礼的提问。