to strainor pinch courtesy: (a) to insist too much on, be over-punctilious in, the observance of courtesy; to stand upon ceremony; (b) to act or…
| 单词 | θ93098 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > discourtesy > be discourteous [verb (intransitive)] > not be affable > stand upon ceremony (3) to strain or pinch courtesy1528 to strainor pinch courtesy: (a) to insist too much on, be over-punctilious in, the observance of courtesy; to stand upon ceremony; (b) to act or… to stand on (also upon) points (also one's points)a1592 to stand on (also upon) points (also †one's points): to insist upon details of conduct or manners which one has espoused; to act scrupulously or… to stand upon ceremony1603 (without a or plural) Formal observances or usages collectively, or as an order of things. Precise observance of conventional forms of deference or… |
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