1 N-SING 做法;方式 The manner in which you do something is the way that you do it. 做法;方式
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She smiled again in a friendly manner.
她又友好地微笑了一下。
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I'm a professional and I have to conduct myself in a professional manner.
我是专业人士，必须以专业的态度行事。
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The manner in which young children are spoken to varies depending on who is present.
对小孩子说话的方式视在场的人不同而有所变化。
SYN style, way, fashion, method
2 N-SING [with supplement] 用…的方式;以…的风格 If something is done in the manner of something else, it is done in the style of that thing. 用…的方式;以…的风格
3 N-SING [usually poss NOUN] 态度;举止 Someone's manner is the way in which they behave and talk when they are with other people, for example whether they are polite, confident, or bad-tempered. 态度;举止
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His manner was self-assured and brusque.
他态度傲慢无礼。
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Her manner offstage, like her manner on, is somewhat surly.
她台下和台上的举止如出一辙，都有些粗暴无礼。
SYN behaviour, look, air, bearing
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Forrest was normally mild-mannered, affable, and untalkative.
福里斯特通常态度温和、待人亲切、少言寡语。
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The British are considered ill-mannered, badly dressed and unsophisticated.
英国人被认为缺乏教养、衣着邋遢、头脑简单。
4 N-PLURAL 有礼貌/没礼貌 If someone has good manners, they are polite and observe social customs. If someone has bad manners, they are impolite and do not observe these customs. 有礼貌/没礼貌
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He dressed well and had impeccable manners.
他衣冠楚楚，待人接物无可挑剔。
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The manners of many doctors were appalling.
许多医生态度恶劣。
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They taught him his manners.
他们教他礼节。
5 See also: bedside manner table manners
6 PHRASE 各种各样的;形形色色的 If you refer to all manner of objects or people, you are talking about objects or people of many different kinds. 各种各样的;形形色色的
7 PHRASE 不妨说;也可以说;从某种意义上说 You say in a manner of speaking to indicate that what you have just said is true, but not absolutely or exactly true. 不妨说;也可以说;从某种意义上说 [vagueness]
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An attorney is your employee, in a manner of speaking.
律师也可以说是你的雇员。
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'You said she was a poor widow lady!' — 'In a manner of speaking she is,' Alison said.
“你说过她是个可怜的寡妇！”—“从某种意义上说，她就是，”艾利森说。
8 PHRASE [PHRASE n] （指人或物非同寻常或未知的）什么样的 You use what manner of to suggest that the person or thing you are about to mention is of an unusual or unknown kind. （指人或物非同寻常或未知的）什么样的 [literary]
Quotations
Manners are love in a cool climate Quentin Crisp Manners From Heaven
Manners are the happy ways of doing things; each once a stroke of genius or of love, now repeated and hardened into usage Ralph Waldo Emerson The Conduct of Life
Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others Ralph Waldo Emerson The Conduct of Life
To Americans, English manners are far more frightening than none at all Randall Jarrell Pictures from an Institution
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| ADJ. | effective manner, efficient manner 1 abrasive manner, abrupt manner, appropriate manner, businesslike manner, different manner, friendly manner, usual manner 1 3 |
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