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dis·cour·te·ous /dɪsˈkɜːtiəs $ -ɜːr-/ adjective formal RUDE/IMPOLITEnot polite, and not showing respect for other people 不礼貌的，失礼的 SYN rude, impolite It would be discourteous to ignore his request. 忽视他的请求是失礼的。► see thesaurus at rude —discourteously adverbExamples from the Corpusdiscourteous• He was fascinated by Laura's stories of psychoanalysis and his overenthusiastic questions almost verged on the discourteous.• It would have been enormously discourteous.• The sales staff were discourteous and slow.• I have allowed several interruptions and, although I do not wish to be discourteous, I should get on.• All this, discourteous though it was, seemed normal enough.• He claimed that the officer had been discourteous to him.• Female respondents also complained that men drive too fast and are often very discourteous to others.• It would have seemed discourteous to refuse his offer.dis·cour·te·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable not for showing other Corpus polite, not and respect |