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A chivalrous man is polite, kind, generous, and careful of his honour — and, in the old picture, especially so toward women: he keeps his word, he uses good manners, he will not use his strength to be small with someone weaker.
A chivalrous man is polite, kind, generous, and careful of his honourchivalrous的男人有禮貌、善良、大方，而且很看重自己的名譽 and, in the old picture, especially so toward women在舊式的想像裡，對女性尤其如此 he keeps his word, he uses good manners他說到做到，也很有禮貌 he will not use his strength to be small with someone weaker他不會用自己的力量去欺負比較弱的人
The word comes from chivalry, the knight's code in old European stories, from Old French chevalerous. So the deep picture is "like a good knight." Today people still use chivalrous as praise for courtesy and fairness.
The word comes from chivalry, the knight's code in old European stories這個字來自chivalry，也就是古老歐洲故事裡騎士的行為準則 from Old French chevalerous源自古法文chevalerous So the deep picture is like a good knight所以背後的畫面就是『像個好騎士』 Today people still use chivalrous as praise for courtesy and fairness現在人們還是會用chivalrous來稱讚一個人有禮貌又公平
Though actually, some listeners now feel a pinch in "especially towards women": they like the kindness, but they do not want to be treated as delicate or less able. A chivalrous act can land as warm, or as a little old-fashioned, depending on who is in the room.
Though actually, some listeners now feel a pinch in especially towards women不過其實，現在有些聽的人會對『尤其對女性』這句話有點不舒服 they like the kindness, but they do not want to be treated as delicate or less able他們喜歡那份體貼，但不想被當成嬌弱或能力比較差 A chivalrous act can land as warm, or as a little old-fashioned一個chivalrous的舉動聽起來可能溫暖，也可能有點老派 depending on who is in the room要看在場的是誰
It is a fairly careful, slightly word. You can stretch it to a chivalrous offer or a chivalrous silence — behaviour that puts honour and the other person first — not only to dating.
It is a fairly careful, slightly bookish word這是一個用起來要小心、有點書面的字 You can stretch it to a chivalrous offer or a chivalrous silence你可以把它延伸用到a chivalrous offer（很有風度的提議）或a chivalrous silence（很有風度的沉默） behaviour that puts honour and the other person first指那種把名譽和對方放在第一位的行為 not only to dating不只限於約會
組成From Middle English chivalerous, from Old French chevalerous; see chivalry (the knight's good behaviour).
原始詞典資料2 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
chivalrousadj/ˈʃɪv.əl.ɹəs/
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Honourable, especially to women; gallant.
- Among boys there are laws of honour and chivalrous codes, not written, or formally taught, but intuitively understood by all, and invariably acted upon by the loyal and the true.
- “I would then never have known what minute, or by whom, I was to be attacked next. But the brutes are more chivalrous than man—they do not stoop to cowardly intrigue.”
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Involving chivalry.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。