courtesies

英 [ˈkɜːtɪsiz]

美 [ˈkɜrtəsiz]

n.  礼貌; 谦恭; 彬彬有礼; (正式场合见面时的)客气话
courtesy的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 礼貌;谦恭;彬彬有礼
  Courtesyis politeness, respect, and consideration for others.
  1. ...a gentleman who behaves with the utmost courtesy towards ladies...
     对女士极有风度的绅士
  2. He did not even have the courtesy to reply to my fax.
     他连回复我传真的这点儿礼貌都没有。
• N-SING 礼貌
  If you refer tothe courtesy ofdoing something, you are referring to a polite action.
  1. By extending the courtesy of a phone call to my clients, I was building a personal relationship with them...
     通过礼貌性地给客户打电话，我开始和他们建立起私交。
  2. At least if they're arguing, they're doing you the courtesy of being interested.
     如果他们在争论，那至少是他们出于礼貌向你表示感兴趣。
• N-COUNT (正式场合的)客气话，礼貌话
  Courtesiesare polite, conventional things that people say in formal situations.
  1. Hugh and John were exchanging faintly barbed courtesies.
     休和约翰正说着带有相互挤兑意味的客气话。
• ADJ (服务)免费的
  Courtesyis used to describe services that are provided free of charge by an organization to its customers, or to the general public.
  1. A courtesy shuttle bus operates between the hotel and the town.
     有免费班车往返于酒店和市区。
  2. ...a courtesy phone.
     免费电话
• ADJ (拜访)礼节性的
  Acourtesycall or acourtesyvisit is a formal visit that you pay someone as a way of showing them politeness or respect.
  1. The President paid a courtesy call on Emperor Akihito.
     总统对明仁天皇进行了礼节性的拜访。
• N-UNCOUNT (无法律实效的或非正式的)尊称
  Acourtesytitle is a title that someone is allowed to use, although it has no legal or official status.
  1. Both were accorded the courtesy title of Lady...
     两人都被尊称为“夫人”。
  2. My title, by courtesy only, is the Honourable Amalia Lovell.
     人们称我为，当然只是出于礼貌，尊敬的阿马利娅·洛弗尔夫人。
• PREP-PHRASE (用来表示感谢)承蒙…的好意，蒙…提供
  If something is providedcourtesy ofsomeone orby courtesy ofsomeone, they provide it. You often use this expression in order to thank them.
  1. The waitress brings over some congratulatory glasses of champagne, courtesy of the restaurant...
     女侍者端来几杯饭店赠送的用来庆祝的香槟。
  2. Illustrations by courtesy of the National Gallery.
     图片由国家美术馆提供。
• PREP-PHRASE 作为…的结果;由…引起
  If you say that one thing happenscourtesy ofanother orby courtesy ofanother, you mean that the second thing causes or is responsible for the first thing.
  1. The air was fresh, courtesy of three holes in the roof...
     房顶有3个洞，所以空气很清新。
  2. As millions will have seen, by courtesy of the slow motion re-runs, the referee made a mistake.
     慢动作重放后，数百万人都可以看到裁判错判了。

双语例句

• I speak very freely; the time is not for courtesies. She was very quiet and very comme il faut.
  我话说得非常放肆；现在不是讲究礼貌的时候。她平时金口难开，非常讲究社交礼节。
• S: And I think it's pretty hard for a DJ to win courtesies both from the mainstream and the underground, and how do you do that?
  S：我觉得对一个DJ来说，赢得主流和地下两方面的好评很难，你是怎么做到的？
• Hugh and John were exchanging faintly barbed courtesies.
  休和约翰正说着带有相互挤兑意味的客气话。
• The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long, and make that season of ice and snow more endurable.
  在高低的生生路线上，最微细的礼貌犹如在冗长的冬天为我们歌唱的小鸟，那歌声使冰天雪地的冰冷变得较易忍耐。
• The smallest courtesies along the rough roads of life are like the little birds that sing to us all winter long.
  在坎坷的人生道路上，最细微的礼貌犹如在漫长的冬天为我们歌唱的小鸟。
• Because its backgrounds were ethics and patriarchal clan systems of feudalism family, so it had the special features of combination of courtesies and laws and family bases.
  由于它是以封建家庭伦理纲常和宗法制度为背景，所以它主张礼法结合、家庭本位。
• Some of them exchanged courteous greetings with him and, after an exchange of friendly greetings& courtesies, sat to one side.
  有的与他相互问候，在友好的问候与礼节之后，在一旁坐下。
• Meanwhile the function of education of a library should be embodied so as to educate student readers with courtesies and decencies.
  同时要利用图书馆的教育职能，对大学生读者开展礼貌礼仪教育。
• Mrs Clay was very pleasant, and very smiling, but her courtesies and smiles were more a matter of course.
  克莱夫人和颜悦色，笑容满面，不过她的礼貌和微笑倒是理所当然的事情。
• The Ministry of education requested proper courtesies regarding cellphones.
  教育部门要求学生正确使用手机。