Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society.

就餐时阅读在上流社会被认为是失礼之举。

We do not express these desires in real life because of the rules of polite society.

在现实生活中，因为文明社会的条条框框，我们不会表达出这些欲望。

They're worried about class. They're worried about how close the criminal world was to polite society.

为阶级问题发愁 他们还忧心犯罪世界离文明世界太近。

Greed is not something to admit to in polite society but acquisitiveness still motivates an awful lot of people.

在上流社会，贪婪是不能承认的，但贪婪仍然是很多人的动力。

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered, anyway.

如果你有心真诚坦白地写作，横竖你作为文明社会一员的日子也快到头了。

Environmental sensitivity is now as required an attitude in polite society as is, say, belief in democracy or disapproval of plastic surgery.

在上流社会，对环境的敏感就如同信仰民主、反对整容一样，是一种不可或缺的态度。

The subject was rarely mentioned in polite society.

【society】这个话题在上流社会很少提起。

Both stood outside the circle of polite society, even when they became prosperous, and in Bennett's case, wealthy.

两人都站在上流社会的圈子之外，即使他们变得富裕了， 就班尼特而言，还是富有的。

You don't generally use it in polite society, so you have to be careful who you are with when you use it.

在上流社会一般不会用，所以用的时候要注意和谁在一起。

He could not speak. He could not regain the conventional manner of polite society. Very pale, like a man suddenly awaked from deep sleep, he went out at Margaret's side. They walked along the passage.

他说不出话来。他无法恢复上流社会的传统方式。非常苍白，就像一个人从沉睡中突然醒来，他走到玛格丽特身边。他们沿着通道走着。

" She just sits in her room, not moving a finger; she has not the slightest desire to do something useful, and that is why she thinks of such absurd things that one can hardly mention them in polite society" .

“她只是坐在自己的房间里，一动不动，一点也不想做有用的事情，所以才想着上流社会都谈不上的荒唐事”。