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

• How suave was the counsel of his appearance! How feelingly did his superior state speak for itself!
  他温文尔雅的外表本身就多么具有说服力埃他身份高贵又是多么显而易见！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• He's suave, polished and charming.
  他文雅、自信而又有风度，富有魅力。
• His manner was aristocratic, his movements dapper and suave.
  他器宇轩昂，温文尔雅，举止潇洒。
• 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。
• I had difficulty answering his suave questions.
  我难以回答他的一些彬彬有礼的提问。