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's suave, polished and charming.
  他文雅、自信而又有风度，富有魅力。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• I had difficulty answering his suave questions.
  我难以回答他的一些彬彬有礼的提问。
• But there was a difference, for beneath rhett's seeming lightness there was something malicious, almost sinister in its suave brutality.
  不过他跟他们有一点不同，那就是在瑞德看似轻松愉快的神态背后潜藏着某种恶意，它几乎阴险到了有点残忍的地步。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。