the formal rules of correct or polite behaviour in society, among members of a particular profession or in a particular area of activity（社会或行业中的）礼节，礼仪，规矩- advice on etiquette在礼节方面的忠告
- medical/legal/professional etiquette医学界的／法律界的／行业规矩
- Students need to be aware of cell phone etiquette.学生需要注意手机礼节。
- We have put together a tweeting etiquette guide.我们整理了一条推文礼节指南。
see also netiquetteExtra Examples- Etiquette requires that the bride's father makes a speech.礼仪要求新娘的父亲发言。
- He had breached etiquette by not informing his superiors of his decision.他因没有告知上级自己的决定而违反了规矩。
- He showed his contempt for social etiquette by not wearing a tie.他不打领带以显示对社交礼仪的不屑。
- How good is your email etiquette?你写电子邮件的礼仪规范如何？
- I don't know the etiquette required here.我不清楚这里的规矩。
- She considered it poor etiquette to invite people over and then cancel just the day before.她认为发出邀请后又在前一天将其取消是很不得体的。
- She knew how to address bishops according to the rules of etiquette.她知道按礼仪规范该怎样称呼主教。
- She's a real stickler for etiquette, so you'd better ask her advice.她非常讲求礼节，所以你最好问她的意见。
- What's the correct etiquette when addressing a judge?和法官讲话时得体的礼仪是什么？
Topics Permission and obligationb2Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- professional
- social
- correct
- …
verb + etiquetteetiquette + verb- demand something
- dictate something
- require something
- …
phrases- a breach of etiquette
- matters of etiquette
- questions of etiquette
- …
See full entry Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French étiquette ‘list of ceremonial observances of a court’, also ‘label, etiquette’, from Old French estiquette, from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken.