1·When Alex was finished, he received polite applause, but hardly the warm response he had hoped for.
亚历克斯讲完后，得到了礼貌的掌声，但这跟他希望得到的热情回应差得远了。
2·The performance was greeted with polite applause.
这场演出得到了礼貌性的掌声。
—— 《牛津词典》
3·Other researchers, however, greeted the results with what amounted to polite applause.
但是，另一些研究人员对此结果只是鼓掌欢迎以示礼貌。
4·After the short ceremony was over, a small audience of family and friends burst into polite applause.
在短暂的仪式结束后，一小群旁观的家人和朋友发出礼貌的掌声。
5·Polite applause for foreign competitors occasionally degenerated into boos or, just as bad, half-empty stadiums -this despite vows that all Olympic tickets had been sold.
向外国选手致以的礼貌掌声不时退化成嘘声，或者，有时干脆出现一个一半空空如野的体育场- - -尽管之前宣布所有的奥运门票已经销售一空。