suave

adjective
🔊/swɑːv/
🔊/swɑːv/
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  1. (especially of a man尤指男子) confident, attractive and polite, sometimes in a way that does not seem sincere精明练达的;圆滑的
    • The manager was suave and sophisticated.经理很温柔而老练。
    • He gave his usual suave performance.他的表现跟平时一样圆滑。
    • He plays a suave and sophisticated detective.他扮演一个精明老练的侦探。
    Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘gracious, agreeable’): from Old French, or from Latin suavis ‘agreeable’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.