politer

英 [pəˈlaɪtə]

美 [pəˈlaɪtər]

adj.  有礼貌的; 客气的; 儒雅的; 应酬的; 礼节性的; 客套的; 上流社会的
polite的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有礼貌的；客气的；文雅的
  Someone who ispolitehas good manners and behaves in a way that is socially correct and not rude to other people.
  1. Everyone around him was trying to be polite, but you could tell they were all bored...
     他周围的每一个人都极力表现出彬彬有礼的样子，但能够看出他们都感到厌烦。
  2. It's not polite to point or talk about strangers in public...
     在公共场合对陌生人指指点点或议论纷纷都不礼貌。
  3. Gately, a quiet and very polite young man, made a favourable impression...
     盖特利是一个言语不多、执礼甚恭的年轻人，他给人留下了很好的印象。
  4. I hate having to make polite conversation.
     我很讨厌不得不说些应酬话。
• ADJ 上流的；高雅的
  You can refer to people who consider themselves to be socially superior and to set standards of behaviour for everyone else aspolite societyorpolite company.
  1. Certain words are vulgar and not acceptable in polite society.
     有些字眼较粗俗，不为上流社会所接受。

双语例句

• Communicating with people who have almost the same overt power, communicator tends to be politer to the one who has more covert power.
  对同样拥有显性权势的人，人们往往对其中总是拥有较多隐性权势的人更礼貌。
• I am from Shanghai and have crisscrossed China and been to Hong Kong twice, and honestly I can tell you that Hong Kong people are no more politer than residents of big cities in the mainland.
  老实说，香港人并不比大陆大城市居民更有礼貌，事实上，我发现他们因为英国的影响变得很势利（很讽刺不是吗？）