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

• 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。
• He was suave and ingratiating.
  他举止文雅，善于奉迎。
• "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。
• 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。
• 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 is a suave, cool and cultured man.
  他是个世故、冷静、有教养的人。
• 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。
• His manner was aristocratic, his movements dapper and suave.
  他器宇轩昂，温文尔雅，举止潇洒。
• 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。
• 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。