释义 |
urbaneur‧bane /ɜːˈbeɪn $ ɜːr-/ adjective urbaneOrigin: 1500-1600 Latin urbanus; ➔ URBAN - And yet Penzias makes a good case for the new golden age, and his urbane discourse is both enlivening and instructive.
- By day, this urbane, well-educated man mastered complex problems in a high-tech consulting firm.
- Hyde, House Judiciary Committee chairman, is an urbane conservative respected by members of both parties.
- Robert the next day seemed urbane, sure of himself, even, she thought, pleased with himself.
- She had barely recognized their cool, urbane general manager in the seedy, vengeful man who had made such wild accusations.
- The sketches paired macho athletes with their more urbane, suave counterparts.
- With its vintage cable cars and cosmopolitan restaurants, the city is brimming with urbane sophistication.
behaving in a relaxed and confident way in social situations: Neil was urbane, witty, direct, and honest.—urbanely adverb—urbanity /ɜːˈbænəti $ ɜːr-/ noun [uncountable] |