courtesy
UK ['kɜ:.tə.si] US ['kɝ:.tˌə-] noun countable or uncountable
ADVANCED
■polite behaviour, or a polite action or remark 谦恭有礼的举止，礼貌；礼节；客气话•You might get on better with your parents if you showed them some courtesy.要是你对父母礼貌些，或许会和他们相处得更好。 •[+ to infinitive] He could at least have had the courtesy to say sorry.他至少应该知道说句对不起。 •The President welcomed the Queen with the usual courtesies.总统以惯常的礼仪规格欢迎女王。 (by) courtesy of
■by permission of 承蒙…的允许•Phil Collins appears on the album courtesy of Virgin Records.承蒙维京唱片公司支援，菲尔‧柯林斯发行了唱片专辑。 ■because of 因为，由于•Did the Conservatives win courtesy of the division of the opposition vote between Labour and the Liberal Democrats?是因为反对派的选票在工党和自由民主党之间过于分散保守党才获胜的吗？ |