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。
• His manner was aristocratic, his movements dapper and suave.
  他器宇轩昂，温文尔雅，举止潇洒。
• He was suave and ingratiating.
  他举止文雅，善于奉迎。
• 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。
• 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。
• I'm the suave type.
  我是读书人型的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Whether it be the grippingly well painted portrayal, astute grasp of the power of color or even perhaps his understanding and suave toying with the elements of hyperrealism;
  不论这是否一幅能抓住人们吸引力的人像绘画，作家精明地掌握色彩的力量，也许是他对人像和写实主义原素的熟悉；