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

• 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。
• 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。
• She was still the victim of his keen eyes, his suave manners, his fine clothes.
  他的敏锐的目光，温文尔雅的举止和考究精美的衣服仍然让她昏头。
• 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。
• 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；
• 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。
• 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。
• I had difficulty answering his suave questions.
  我难以回答他的一些彬彬有礼的提问。
• In conversation, he was suave and urbane.
  谈话时，他温和有礼。
• 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。