英语小达人 370 Courteous Retort
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Courteous 1 Retort礼貌的反击A learned scientist was attending a dinner, and as cigars were being indulged in one of the guests began to deride 2 philosophy. He went on rudely to express the opinion that philosopher was but another way of spelling fool.
一位学识渊博的科学家出席了一个晚宴。当大家在饭后吸烟闲聊时，有位客人开始嘲笑哲学，并无礼地表示，他认为哲学家仅仅是傻瓜的代名词。
"What is your opinion, professor?" he asked smilingly. "Is there much distance between them?"“你的看法呢，教授？”他笑着问道。“两者之间有很大距离吗”
The professor surveyed his boorish 3 vis-a-vis keenly for a moment, then with a polite bow, responded, "Sometimes only the width of a table."教授目光犀利地把那个坐在他饭桌对面的粗鄙汉子上下打量了一番，礼貌地欠了欠身，答道：“有时两者间的距离仅仅是一饭桌之隔。”
adj.彬彬有礼的，客气的
- Although she often disagreed with me,she was always courteous.尽管她常常和我意见不一，但她总是很谦恭有礼。
- He was a kind and courteous man.他为人友善，而且彬彬有礼。
v.嘲弄，愚弄
- Some critics deride the group as self - appointed food police.一些批评人士嘲讽这个组织为“自封的食品警察”。
- They deride his effort as childish.他们嘲笑他的努力，认为太孩子气。