Our captain put in a courtesy visit during dinner.
席间,我们的队长作了礼节性拜访。
Examples from the Corpus
courtesy visit/call• To this end an unofficialcourtesy visit was arranged and in August 1857 the Imperial couple came to Osborne.
Examples from the Corpus
courtesy bus/taxi/car/phone etc• Not all the players get courtesy cars.• He began the two-mile journey from the hotel in a courtesy car at 9.25 a.m.• Standing on the courtesy bus I watched their last-minutedash to catch the folding doors with relief.• A courtesy busoperates between the two severaltimes a day.• A courtesy bus runs regularly into the centre of Sorrento and localbuses stop nearby.
From Longman Business Dictionary
courtesycour·te·sy1 /ˈkɜːtəsiˈkɜːr-/adjectiveadj [only before a noun]
provided free to a customer or to the public
A courtesy bus runs to the Hotel Del Levante from the airport every day.
courtesycourtesy2 noun
(by) courtesy of if something is provided by courtesy of someone, it is provided for free by them
We stayed in Leeds, courtesy of the Hilton Hotel.
My colleague and I flew courtesy of British Midland first class to Heathrow.
Origincourtesy
(1200-1300)Old Frenchcorteisie, from corteis; → COURTEOUS
ADJECTIVE | VERB + COURTESY | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great, unfailing, utmost非常有禮貌;周全的禮貌▸➤common, simple (especially NAmE) 起碼的禮貌◇It's common courtesy to give up your seat for elderly people.給上了年紀的人讓座是起碼的禮貌。➤professional職業禮節◇She contacts clients regularly as a professional courtesy.出於職業禮節,她定期與客戶聯繫。VERB + COURTESY➤do sb, have, show, treat sb with對某人表示禮貌;有禮貌;表現出禮貌;禮貌地對待某人◇She might have done me the courtesy of replying to my letter.她本該給我回信以示禮貌。◇You could at least have had the courtesy to let me know.你至少應該出於禮貌讓我知道這件事吧。PREPOSITION➤with courtesy禮貌地◇He listened to all the complaints with great courtesy.他非常禮貌地傾聽所有投訴。➤courtesy to對⋯的禮貌◇her unfailing courtesy to everyone她對每一個人都禮貌備至PHRASES➤a matter of courtesy一種禮貌◇It's a matter of courtesy to write and thank people after a party.參加聚會之後寫信感謝別人是一種禮貌。