polite与courteous的区别? 英语
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【答案】 polite与courteous都意指注意、遵守或具有良好举止的.
细微区别见下: Courteous更显正式.
Courteous: Courteous implies courtliness and dignity: Courteous 暗指宫廷式的典雅和高贵:
“If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world” (Francis Bacon). “如果一个人对陌生人能温儒典雅,这表明他是一个世界公民” (弗朗西斯·培根).
Polite 暗含着关心他人和遵从有教养的人期望的传统的社会标准:
“The English are busy; they don't have time to be polite” (Montesquieu). “英国人很忙;他们无暇去顾及礼貌” (孟德斯鸠).
“It costs nothing to be polite” (Winston S. Churchill). “举止文明得体是不花费本钱的” (温斯顿·S·邱吉尔).
The child was scolded by his grandmother for not being more mannerly. 这个小孩因为缺乏礼貌而被祖母责怪.