polite society
基本解釋
- 上流社會;文雅社會
英漢例句
- In my opinion, it's one of the first refinementsof a polite society.
依我之見,這是文明社會中首要的文雅行為之一。 - 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(dāng)時上流社會的許多人看做是對上帝的褻瀆行為。 - He was appalled at the vast edifice of etiquette, and lost himself in the mazes of visiting-card conduct between persons in polite society. He abandoned his search.
那座社會禮儀的大廈之高大叫他恐怖,他在禮儀社會之間的名片交往的迷宮里迷了路,終于放棄了尋找。 - The means by which sugar lumps arrived on tables in polite society were carefully hidden.
ECONOMIST: Slavery - But even when the east Europeans have departed, debating the merits of immigration will no longer be off-limits in polite society.
ECONOMIST: Immigration trends - They should be shunned by polite society and denied political power.
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