polite society

polite society

美 　英

• na.講究禮貌的場合[交際場所]；上流社會
• 網絡禮貌社會；文雅社會；禮貌的社會

英漢解釋

na.	1. 講究禮貌的場合[交際場所];上流社會

英英解釋

n.	1. used for talking about people of a high social class, usually suggesting that they pretend that things they consider to be unpleasant do not exist

例句

It was no longer possible for polite society to deny the sexual nature of the devices.

文明社會再也不可能否認這些設備天然的性意味。

Everybody told me that Taiwan is a very polite society and that people don't like gossip and scandals here.

人人對我說，臺灣是一個文明社會，這里的人們不喜歡謠言和丑聞。

Since the collapse of Northern Rock, light-touch regulation is no longer a phrase that can be used in polite society.

自從北巖銀行（NorthernRock）崩潰以來，寬松監管不再是上流社會使用的詞語。

Now that polite society has turned from calculating carbs to counting carbon, the driving holiday is no longer a fashionable option.

鑒于文明社會已從計算汽油消耗量轉變為計算碳排放量，駕車度假不再是一個時髦的選擇了。

Modern English polite society seems to me as corrupt as consciousness of culture and absence of honesty can make it.

據我看來，英國現代化上流社會被自命為有文化，但毫無廉恥的人們盡其能事弄到了最腐朽的地步。

Now, much of London polite society is slamming the door on him.

而如今，倫敦上流社會中的很多人卻把他拒之門外。

She became a rationalist herself , at a time when this considered by many in polite society to be blasphemy .

后來她也成了唯理論者，這被當時上流社會的許多人看做是對上帝的褻瀆行為。

Environmental sensitivity is now as required an attitude in polite society as is, say, belief in democracy or aversion to nylon.

環保意識，就如同對民主制度的信封或者是對尼龍的厭惡，已成為上流社會一種必備的態度。

Environmental sensitivity is now as required an attitude in polite society, as is belief in democracy or aversion to nylon.

對環境的敏感現在已成為上流社會的一種必備態度，就如同對民主制度的信奉或是對尼龍的厭惡。

In my opinion, it's one of the first refinements of a polite society.

依我之見，這是文明社會中首要的文雅行為之一。

It was the cute to the hypocritical morality of nobal bourgeoisie in polite society.

是對貴族資產階級上流社會虛偽道德和沙皇專制制度的憤怒控訴。

Mentioning death in polite society is considered morbid unless it's in the context of a lurid murder.

在彬彬有禮的社交場合，提起死亡被認為是可怕的，除非是在敘述一件聳人聽聞的謀殺案。

Not too long ago much of polite society in Edinburgh, Glasgow or Aberdeen saw the SNP as a collection of leftish cranks.

不久以前，愛丁堡、格拉斯哥或阿伯丁上流社會的許多人還把蘇格蘭民族黨視為一群左翼怪人。

The new aristocracy spoke French, and this became the standard language of courts, parliament, and polite society.

新貴族講法語，這成為了標準語言的法院，議會和上流社會。

Equally, it may have been because polite society was refusing to accept him.

（同樣，這也可能是因為上流社會不接納他）。

He lives by a set of rules polite society doesn't understand, and therefore fears.

他為他的生存法則而活。這套法則，儒雅社會永遠不會懂，由此眾人害怕。

Higgins introduces Eliza to polite society, which accepts that Eliza is a "lady" , and the professor wins his bet.

希金斯把伊萊札介紹進上流社會，人人都認為伊萊札是個淑女，教授的賭打贏了。

It does not do these days to admit to being protectionist in polite society.

在當今的上流社會，承認自己是貿易保護主義者并不可取。

It is obligatory these days in a polite society to have a complicated attitude toward success.

在當下的上流社會，擁有撲朔迷離的成敗觀是必然之選。

He is a guy that lives by a different code than most polite society will ever understand or accept.

他們是這樣一群人，他們用不同的生存代碼編寫自己的生命，而儒雅的社會卻永遠不理解，也不接受他們。

Spitting on the street is just not the done thing in polite society.

在街上吐痰，這在文明社會里不得體的行為。

a word unacceptable in polite society; an unacceptable violation of personal freedom.

上流社會不接受的一個詞；對個人自由的不可接受的侵害。

Others put it more bluntly: "an armed society is a polite society" .

其他人說的更直接了：“一個武裝起來的社會才是文明的”。

A linguistic taboo refers to a word or expression that is prohibited by the "polite" society from general use.

禁忌語指的是被“禮貌”社會所禁止普遍使用的那些詞語或表達方式。

Some dozen years ago she created an uproar in polite society when she openly boasted of distant elvish ancestry. The Hon.

數年前當她公然吹噓遙遠的精靈血統時，她就在上流社會造成了一陣騷動。

Vulgar language, which was avoided in our grandparent's polite society, is an accepted part of today's permissive society.

在我們祖父母那個文明社會中，粗俗語言為大家所不齒。但是，它們卻在如今這個隨意的社會中被人們所接受。

Branderton had some knowledge of polite society, and broke the momentary silence.

布蘭德頓有些上流社會的知識，打破了短暫的沉默。