urbane
urbane 英 [ɜː'beɪn] 美 [ɝ'ben]
adj. 彬彬有礼的，温文尔雅的；都市化的
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- adj. 彬彬有礼的，温文尔雅的；都市化的
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1. urbane young Shanghaiers seem to baulk at the thought of breaking a sweat - not just due to a strange revulsion for discomfort, but because they tend to view it as a wholly alien concept。
彬彬有礼的上海年轻人似乎对流汗非常抵触———并不仅仅出于厌恶(锻炼所带来的)身体不适，而是他们通常认为这完全是一种格格不入的观念。
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2. The subway is part of Beijing's transformation to a more urbane metropolis.
地铁是北京向一个更为现代的大都市转型的一部分。
- urbane (adj.) 1530s, "of or relating to cities or towns," from Middle French urbain (14c.) and directly from Latin urbanus "belonging to a city," also "citified, elegant" (see urban). The meaning "having the manners of townspeople, courteous, refined" is from 1620s, from a secondary sense in classical Latin. Urbanity in this sense is recorded from 1530s. For sense connection and differentiation of form, compare human/humane; german/germane.
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