From the caption of the photo of this article at Medium.com.
上記の文で、polite companyの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "polite company" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
《a ~》礼儀正しい友達とありますが、特定の人を指さない限り、冠詞は必要ないと思います。(下記例文参照してください。)また、「友達」というくくりにも問題を感じます。
下記英語の定義によると、「polite companyとは、一般社会において他人に不快感を与えない世間体の良い礼儀正しい行動や言葉を守る人たちをいう。もともとは、上流階級の人のことを指した。」
polite societyということもあります。
Answer
According to Grammarist.com:Polite company refers to a group of people who are respectable, who conform to norms of behavior and language that are inoffensive to others in society. Originally, polite company referred to socially superior people.
Examples
- This travel and entertainment racket has been around for some time, and polite company in your nation’s capital have decided to look the other way. (The Washington Post)
- Your mother probably told you—mine told me—that you should never talk about religion or politics in polite company. (The Daily Mail)
- Its rough, tough style is no longer welcome in the polite company of safety-conscious, family-friendly cars. Times, Sunday Times (2015)
- The very name offers an inoculation: if you can say it out loud in polite company, you are already nearly immune to embarrassment. Times, Sunday Times (2018)
- It's not something you should talk about in polite company.
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