urbane
英 [??'be?n]
美[?'ben]
- adj. 彬彬有禮的，溫文爾雅的；都市化的
IELTSTOEFL暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
副詞:?urbanely;名詞:?urbanity;
中文詞源
urbane 練達(dá)的
來自u(píng)rban, 城市的，引申詞義練達(dá)的。比較astute.
英文詞源
- urbane (adj.)
- 1530s, "of or relating to cities or towns," from Middle French urbain (14c.) and directly from Latin urbanus "belonging to a city," also "citified, elegant" (see urban). The meaning "having the manners of townspeople, courteous, refined" is from 1620s, from a secondary sense in classical Latin. Urbanity in this sense is recorded from 1530s. For sense connection and differentiation of form, compare human/humane; german/germane.
雙語例句
- 1. She describes him as urbane and charming.
- 她說他文雅而迷人。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He tried hard to be urbane.
- 他極力作出彬彬有禮的神態(tài).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. In conversation, he was suave and urbane.
- 談話時(shí)，他溫和有禮。
來自辭典例句
- 4. Despite the crisis, the chairman's voice was urbane as usual.
- 盡管處于危機(jī)之中, 董事長的聲音還象通常一樣溫文爾雅.
來自辭典例句
- 5. A large urbane and florid and smooth - faced man walked out.
- 一個(gè)身材高大,態(tài)度和藹,臉色紅潤的人走了出來.
來自辭典例句