well-spoken a. 说话文雅的, 善于辞令的, 说话得体的
well-spoken[ adj ]
speaking or spoken fittingly or pleasingly
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a well-spoken gentlemana few well-spoken words on civic pride
Well-spoken \Well"-spo`ken\, a. [Well + speak.]
1. Speaking well; speaking with fitness or grace; speaking
kindly. ``A knight well-spoken.'' --Shak.
2. Spoken with propriety; as, well-spoken words.
- She has commissioned research into what the London Evening Standard called the 'tyranny of the well-spoken south over national broadcasting.'
- The house I visited seemed rather elegant: not bestrewn with bachelor mess, and not a whiff of old sports socks or boiled cabbage. More well-spoken Adonises knocked about on a croquet lawn outside.
- MCA agents were well-spoken and dressed in tailored grey.
- As soft-spoken and well-spoken in person and on television as he is electrifying in front of a crowd, Mr. Duke has attracted an energetic and loyal following.