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Discourteous means not polite, and not showing respect for other people. It is the careful, formal twin of rude. You write it in a complaint, a school notice, a letter to a shop. A person can be quietly discourteous — not saying hello, interrupting, taking without thanks — without shouting or using bad words. Though actually, in the classroom and in the street, rude and are the words you will hear a hundred times before this one. Discourteous sounds official, and a little old-fashioned. It is about manners. It is not about losing heart, even though it looks a little like discourage.
失禮的；不禮貌的
原始詞典資料1 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。
discourteousadj/dɪsˈkɜːtɪəs/
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Impolite; lacking consideration for others.
- Kirk, who succeeded Drumright, had an unusually short tour of duty in Taipei—only about a year. Despite the shortness of his duty, he left the impression of being an old sea captain who would have felt more at home barking his orders from the bridge than heading an important diplomatic mission. There was nothing civil or gentle about him, and even in talking to President Chiang, he sounded gruff and blunt. I could see that the President really didn't enjoy the envoy's company, but he remained unperturbed and discussed in a calm and friendly manner whatever had prompted the Ambassador to seek the audience. Once I heard him remark half to himself: "How could anyone be so discourteous?"
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。