| 单词 | mannered |
| 释义 | mannered (once / 6090 pages) adj If someone calls you mannered, it's really not a compliment. It means that the way you act seems artificial or exaggerated. Chill out. Manners are the way we behave in society, how we speak and act with other people. Use mannered to say that someone has exaggerated or unnatural manners. In combination with other words — as in well-mannered or mild-mannered — mannered can take a positive meaning, but when it's used by itself, it's a criticism. Your pretentious classmate is mannered, and an actor's stilted, phony performance is also mannered. WORD FAMILYmannered: ill-mannered, manneredly, unmannered USAGE EXAMPLESThe internet is a lot more mannered today than it was back then. Slate(Dec 23, 2016) Portman tries to portray this most enigmatic figure as frosty, inscrutable and vulnerable, but the performance comes off as calculating and mannered. Time(Dec 01, 2016) Bartirome remembers Lerner being so well mannered that “he was like a priest, almost.” New York Times(Oct 24, 2016) adj having unnatural mannerisms brief, mannered and unlifelike idiom Syn affected, unnatural speaking or behaving in an artificial way to make an impression |
| 随便看 |
|
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。