Singaporeans shake hands when they meet and often also greet each other with a polite bow.

新加坡人见面时握手，也经常礼貌地鞠躬问候对方。

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You interpret this as a sign—a polite one—that he is interested in you as a person rather than just in the topic of conversation.

你把这理解为一个信号，而且是一个礼貌的信号，说明他对你这个人感兴趣，而不只是对谈话的话题感兴趣。

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Suppose you got the wrong order at a restaurant, make a polite but firm request to see the manager.

假设餐馆上错了你的菜，你可以礼貌而坚定地提出见经理的要求。

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He carried messages for them. He brought them their programs with a polite bow.

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You will say it in a polite way. In a way that doesn't put people off or upset them.

这样你会以一种更礼貌的方式来提起一个话题。这样的说法不会引起人们的不快或气愤。

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It's only a slight variation that makes it a little bit more polite. A little bit less approaching.

这样轻微的变形可以使你的问题变得更为礼貌，也更为委婉。

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When politicians say they want to talk to their constituents, it is often a polite fiction.

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Like, I don't mean happy, as in cosmetically OK, like a polite dinner party answer.

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Then central banks resorted to quantitative easing (QE), a polite term for the creation of money.

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