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

• The small courtesies sweeten life; the greater ennoble it
  有点礼貌使生活愉快，多点礼貌使生活高尚
• 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。
• The family organization based on patriarchal blood was the basic structure of feudal country. A whole set of courtesies in feudal society were all based on families.
  以宗法血缘为基础的家庭组织是封建国家的基本结构，封建社会的一整套礼法如三纲五常等无不以家庭为基础。
• People who enjoy the companionship of good, close friends are those who don't take daily courtesies for granted.
  人谁享有良好的同伴，亲密的朋友是谁不采取日常礼节是理所当然的。
• Madeleine perceived the advancement which he had obtained, by the more numerous courtesies of the old women and the more plentiful smiles of the young ones.
  从此年老的妇人都对他行更多的屈膝大礼，年少的女子也对他露出更多的笑容，马德兰先生也看出了自己在这些方面的优越地位。
• Who goes first and who'follows? Despite women's growing sense of equality, most of them still expect, receive, and cherish a number of small, special courtesies.
  谁先？谁后？尽管女性的平等意识不断增强，她们大多数人仍期望、得到并珍视一些关怀女性的特殊礼仪。
• Civil law origins was constructed by written laws and unwritten laws, and was guided by courtesies ( ethics), thus there was consistency among various law origins.
  民事法源由成文法和不成文法构成，并以礼（理）为指导，各种法源因此具有相通一致之处。
• One of my interpreters, once I was there, explained that a gentleman should pour the lemonade ( a type of juice) for the ladies and show other courtesies to them.
  我一到那里，就有人给我解释说，作为一个绅士应该为女士倒柠檬水（一种果汁）来对他们显示礼貌。
• 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。
• 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。