polite society

polite society

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• na.讲究礼貌的场合[交际场所]；上流社会
• 网络礼貌社会；文雅社会；礼貌的社会

英汉解释

na.	1. 讲究礼貌的场合[交际场所];上流社会

英英解释

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.

文明社会再也不可能否认这些设备天然的性意味。

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

人人对我说，台湾是一个文明社会，这里的人们不喜欢谣言和丑闻。

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

自从北岩银行（NorthernRock）崩溃以来，宽松监管不再是上流社会使用的词语。

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

鉴于文明社会已从计算汽油消耗量转变为计算碳排放量，驾车度假不再是一个时髦的选择了。

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

据我看来，英国现代化上流社会被自命为有文化，但毫无廉耻的人们尽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，伦敦上流社会中的很多人却把他拒之门外。

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

后来她也成了唯理论者，这被当时上流社会的许多人看做是对上帝的亵渎行为。

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

环保意识，就如同对民主制度的信封或者是对尼龙的厌恶，已成为上流社会一种必备的态度。

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

对环境的敏感现在已成为上流社会的一种必备态度，就如同对民主制度的信奉或是对尼龙的厌恶。

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

依我之见，这是文明社会中首要的文雅行为之一。

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

是对贵族资产阶级上流社会虚伪道德和沙皇专制制度的愤怒控诉。

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

在彬彬有礼的社交场合，提起死亡被认为是可怕的，除非是在叙述一件耸人听闻的谋杀案。

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，爱丁堡、格拉斯哥或阿伯丁上流社会的许多人还把苏格兰民族党视为一群左翼怪人。

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

新贵族讲法语，这成为了标准语言的法院，议会和上流社会。

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

（同样，这也可能是因为上流社会不接纳他）。

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

他为他的生存法则而活。这套法则，儒雅社会永远不会懂，由此众人害怕。

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

希金斯把伊莱札介绍进上流社会，人人都认为伊莱札是个淑女，教授的赌打赢了。

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

在当今的上流社会，承认自己是贸易保护主义者并不可取。

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

在当下的上流社会，拥有扑朔迷离的成败观是必然之选。

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

他们是这样一群人，他们用不同的生存代码编写自己的生命，而儒雅的社会却永远不理解，也不接受他们。

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

在街上吐痰，这在文明社会里不得体的行为。

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

上流社会不接受的一个词；对个人自由的不可接受的侵害。

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

其他人说的更直接了：“一个武装起来的社会才是文明的”。

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

禁忌语指的是被“礼貌”社会所禁止普遍使用的那些词语或表达方式。

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

数年前当她公然吹嘘遥远的精灵血统时，她就在上流社会造成了一阵骚动。

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

在我们祖父母那个文明社会中，粗俗语言为大家所不齿。但是，它们却在如今这个随意的社会中被人们所接受。

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

布兰德顿有些上流社会的知识，打破了短暂的沉默。