suave

suave

英 [swɑːv]
　　美 [swɑv]

adj. 柔和的，溫和的；文雅的，嫻雅的

中文詞源：

suave 甜的，圓滑的，練達的

來自拉丁語 suavis,甜美的，令人愉悅的，來自 PIE*swad,甜的，詞源同 sweet,assuage.引申比 喻義圓滑的，練達的。

例句：

1. He is a suave, cool and cultured man.
他是個世故、冷靜、有教養的人。

2. That same year he made his Broadway debut, playing a suave radio journalist.
在那同一年裡,他初次在百老匯登臺, 扮演一個溫文而雅的電臺記者.

3. In conversation, he was suave and urbane.
談話時，他溫和有禮。

4. Where Root had been suave, knox was often offensive.
魯特表現得溫和文雅, 諾克斯則往往唐突冒失.

5. His manner was aristocratic , his movements dapper and suave.
他氣宇軒昂, 溫文爾雅,舉止瀟灑.