英语词典

gentility的意思

gentility


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  • n.文雅;彬彬有礼;高贵的身份;幽静古朴
  • 网络有教养;出身高贵;上流

近义词

    n.refinement,propriety,breeding,decorum,courtesy

反义词

    n.vulgarity

权威英汉双解

    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

英汉释义

  • n.

    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

英英释义

  • n.

    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

英汉例句

  • 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。

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