the formal rules of correct or polite behaviour in society, among members of a particular profession or in a particular area of activity (社会或行业中的)礼节,礼仪,规矩 advice on etiquette 在礼节方面的忠告 medical/legal/professional etiquette 医学界的/法律界的/行业规矩 Students need to be aware of cell phone etiquette. 学生需要了解手机礼仪。 We have put together a tweeting etiquette guide. 我们整理了一份推特礼仪指南。
Extra ExamplesTopics Permission and obligationb2Etiquette requires that the bride's father makes a speech. 礼仪要求新娘的父亲发言。 He had breached etiquette by not informing his superiors of his decision. 他因没有告知上级自己的决定而违反了规矩。 He showed his contempt for social etiquette by not wearing a tie. 他不打领带以显示对社交礼仪的不屑。 How good is your email etiquette? 你写电子邮件的礼仪规范如何? I don't know the etiquette required here. 我不清楚这里的规矩。 She considered it poor etiquette to invite people over and then cancel just the day before. 她认为发出邀请后又在前一天将其取消是很不得体的。 She knew how to address bishops according to the rules of etiquette. 她知道按礼仪规范该怎样称呼主教。 She's a real stickler for etiquette, so you'd better ask her advice. 她非常讲求礼节,所以你最好问她的意见。 What's the correct etiquette when addressing a judge? 和法官讲话时得体的礼仪是什么?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- professional
- social
- correct
- …
- know
- demand something
- dictate something
- require something
- …
- a breach of etiquette
- matters of etiquette
- questions of etiquette
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Word Originmid 18th cent.: from French étiquette ‘list of ceremonial observances of a court’, also ‘label, etiquette’, from Old French estiquette, from estiquier ‘to fix’, from Middle Dutch steken.