manner
n
1 [sing] (fml 文) way in which a thing is done or happens 方式; 方法
the manner in which he died 他死的方式
the manner of his death, ie the way he died 他死亡的方式
I don't object to what she says, but I strongly disapprove of her manner of saying it. 我不反對她說的話, 但她說這話的方式我很反感.
Do it in a businesslike manner. 要鄭重其事做這件事.
He objected in a forceful manner. 他表示堅決反對.
2 [sing] person's way of behaving towards others 態度
He has an aggressive manner. 他的態度咄咄逼人.
I don't like her manner -- she's very hostile. 我不喜歡她的態度--待人如仇敵.
3 manners [pl]
(a) social behaviour 禮貌; 規矩
good/bad manners 有[沒有]禮貌
It's bad manners to stare at people. 瞪著眼睛看人是不禮貌的.
He has no manners at all, ie behaves very badly. 他毫無禮貌.
Aren't you forgetting your manners (ie being rude)? 你是不是沒禮貌了?
(b) habits and customs 習慣; 風俗
eighteenth-century aristocratic manners 十八世紀貴族的風俗習慣.
4 [sing] (fml or rhet 文或修辭) kind (of person or thing); sort (人或物的)種類
What manner of man is he? 他是哪種人?
5 (idm 習語) all manner of sb/sth (fml 文) every kind of sb/sth 各種各樣的
All manner of vehicles were used. 使用了各種車輛. bedside manner => bedside (bed1). a comedy of manners => comedy. in a manner of speaking to some extent; if regarded in a certain way 不妨說; 可以說; 在某種意義上說
His success is in a manner of speaking our success, too. 他的成功也可以說是我們的成功. in the manner of sb in the style of literature or art typical of sb 以某人的文藝風格
a painting in the manner of Raphael 拉斐爾風格的畫. not by `any manner of means/by `no manner of means (used for emphasis 用以加強語氣) not at all 一 點都不; 絕不
She hasn't won yet, (not) by any manner of means. 她還未獲勝, 遠未獲勝. (as/as if) to the manner `born as if one has long experience of doing sth 生來就慣於做某事
She isn't a practised public speaker, but she faced her audience as (if) to the manner born. 她雖無演講經驗, 但(似乎)生來并不怯場.
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*['m?n?]n. 樣子, 禮貌, 風格【法】 方式, 方法, 樣式相關詞組: shark's manner to the manner born in the same manner that in this manner all manner of not by any manner of means in a manner in a manner of speaking in like manner