1 ADJ-GRADED [usually ADJ n] 矫揉造作的;不自然的;做作的 If you describe some-one's behaviour or a work of art as mannered, you dislike it because it is elaborate or formal, and therefore seems false or artificial. 矫揉造作的;不自然的;做作的 [disapproval]
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...Naomi's mannered voice.
娜奥米做作的嗓音
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If you arrange your picture too systematically the results can look very mannered and artificial.
如果你把图画安排得太有条理,就会看上去非常假,不够自然。
SYN affected, put-on, posed, artificial
2 ADJ-GRADED 有礼貌的;彬彬有礼的 Mannered behaviour is polite and observes social customs. 有礼貌的;彬彬有礼的
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Its intention is to restore pride in the past and create a more mannered society.
其目的是要重拾过去的自豪感,建立一个有礼节的社会。
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They are always perfectly polite and beautifully mannered.
他们总是很懂礼貌,彬彬有礼。
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