B2 风度;礼貌;礼仪
polite ways of treating other people and behaving in public
He needs to be taught some manners. 他需要学些礼仪。
It's bad manners to eat with your mouth open. 张着嘴吃东西是不文雅的。
It's considered good manners in some societies to leave a little food on your plate. 在某些社会中,人们认为盘中剩下少许食物是礼貌的表现。
See also: manner (POLITE BEHAVIOUR)
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- She chided him for his bad manners.
- It is considered bad manners in some cultures to speak with your mouth full of food.
- The importance of good manners was drummed into us at an early age.
- His parents used to lecture him on his table manners.
- He was always punctilious in his manners.