He took her hand with discreet gentility.
他温文尔雅地牵着她的手。
She thinks expensive clothes are a mark of gentility.
她认为昂贵的服装是身份高贵的标志。
the faded gentility of the town
已失去古朴风貌的城镇
1.文雅,优雅;绅士气派
2.〈古〉出身高贵;绅士们
3.名门,上流阶层
4.〈讽〉装绅士派头,充上流阶层
1.文雅,优雅;绅士气派
2.〈古〉出身高贵;绅士们
3.名门,上流阶层
4.〈讽〉装绅士派头,充上流阶层
1.a polite way of behaving, considered typical of people belonging to a high social class; the people who belong to a high social class, thought of as a group
2.a false way of behaving that is intended to make people believe you belong to a high social class
1.Between them, they taught her all that a gentlewoman should know, but she learned only the outward signs of gentility.
凡是大家闺秀知道的事情,她们已经没有一样不教她,可是她所学得的,只是一种表面的礼貌。
2.But I thought her a young lady of extraordinary attractions, and in point of gentility not be surpassed.
但是我却认为,她是一个特别有动人之处的青年小姐,在风度方面,别人很难胜过她。
3.He emitted a laboured breath, as if the scene were getting rather oppressive to his heart, or to his conscience, or to his gentility .
他沉重地呼了一口气,仿佛当时的情景使他的良心感受到了压力,使他的良知和脸面也感受到了压力。
4.I am going to hunt words that have not lost their sting, and it may be I shall have to go back to gentility to find them.
我将要狩猎没有遗失他们的刺字,而且它可能是我将必须回去高贵找他们。
5.is not much ~ in a lion; he has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility.
狮子为害其实不大。它没有理想,没有宗教,没有政治,没有骑士精神,也讲究斯文。
6.The Wang family occupies two rooms. Old Wang and I are considered the genteel folk in the compound. Gentility to be hanged!
王家住着两间房。我和老王是院子里公认的学问人。天杀的学问!
7.There is not much harm in a lion; he has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility.
狮子为害不大;它没有理想、没有宗教、没有政治、没有骑士精神、没有假斯文。
8.All his Southern gentlewoman are delicate and sensitive women who best represent the culture and gentility of the Old South.
她们娇弱而敏感,都是来自美国南方上流社会的南方淑女,是旧南方文化和教养的最佳代言人。
9.You want a perfume that shows what you stand for - independence, simplicity and gentility. The fragrance to suit you is Elizabeth Arden.
体现独立、简单和优雅气质的香水通常是你的首选,伊丽莎白-雅顿正好能满足你的需要。
10.Diner is over. Demi-tastes, cigars and brandy. The overall effect is one of worn elegance and dogged gentility. It is June. Night.
六月的夜里,晚餐结束后,人们品着咖啡,抽着雪茄,喝着白兰地,气氛高雅而文明。