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 suave and ingratiating.
  他举止文雅，善于奉迎。
• His manner was aristocratic, his movements dapper and suave.
  他器宇轩昂，温文尔雅，举止潇洒。
• 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。
• He's suave, polished and charming.
  他文雅、自信而又有风度，富有魅力。
• 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。
• She was joined at the event by her husband of nearly three-and-a-half years, Brian Austin Green, who looked suave in his all-black ensemble as he cosied up to his leading lady.
  当天，她和结婚将近三年的丈夫布莱恩一起参加活动，布莱恩一身黑色西装，对他的女主角关怀备至。
• "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 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。
• 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。
• 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。