genteel
- adj.文雅的;上流社会的;幽静的;假斯文的;装体面的;装出绅士派头的;古朴单调的;显得彬彬有礼的
派生词: genteelly adv.
adj.
显得彬彬有礼的;假斯文的;上流社会的;装体面的;装出绅士派头的
quiet and polite, often in an exaggerated way; from, or pretending to be from, a high social class
a genteel manner
彬彬有礼
Her genteel accent irritated me.
她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。
He lived in genteel poverty (= trying to keep the style of a high social class, but with little money) .
他摆出一副绅士派头,过的却是穷酸的生活。
幽静的;古朴单调的
quiet and old-fashioned and perhaps slightly boring
genteel
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ADJ-GRADED 彬彬有礼的;有教养的;上流社会的;装出绅士派头的
A genteel person is respectable and well-mannered, and comes or seems to come from a high social class.It was a place to which genteel families came in search of health and quiet.
这是上流社会家庭寻求健康和静谧的场所。
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ADJ-GRADED (地方)幽静的,古朴单调的
A genteel place or area is quiet and traditional, but may also be old-fashioned and dull....the genteel towns of Winchester and Chichester.
古朴幽静的温彻斯特和奇切斯特
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You are genteel enough , you look like a lady .
你是够文雅的,看上去象个大家闺秀。2.
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You are genteel enough , you look like a lady from a wellbred family .
你是够文雅的,看上去真像个大家闺秀!
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It was a place to which genteel families came in search of health and quiet .
这是上流社会家庭寻求健康和静谧的场所。
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There are not as many genteel young men in Devonshire as sussex .
与苏塞克斯相比,德文郡有教养的年轻人不多。
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Her genteel accent irritated me .
她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。
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Used of persons and their behavior ; cultivated and genteel .
用来指人和他们的行为;有礼貌的,有教养的。
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American literature is still under the rule of " genteel tradition " .
十九、二十世纪之交,美国文学处于高雅文风的统治之下。
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In a genteel manner . Ten Schools of Social Psychology
社会心理学十大流派
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People you know or have just met often remark on your genteel ways .
认识你的人或刚刚认识你的人,都常常称赞你彬彬有礼的态度。
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Although she was poor , she was living in genteel poverty .
尽管她贫穷,但她总想装出上流社会阶层的样子。
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She spent most of her declining years in genteel poverty .
她晚年的大部分时间是在家境贫寒却又虚摆排场的情况下度过的。
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He came from one of these genteel Calcutta families .
他出身于这些加尔各答名门之一。
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It was an ordinary childhood amongst genteel villages and rolling fields .
其孩提生活平凡,住在上流社会的村落,四周都是起伏不平的广阔土地。
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JAPANESE traffic cops were until recently a genteel bunch .
不久之前日本的交通警察还是温文尔雅的一群人。
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His ideal of quiet and of genteel retirement was found in Washington Square .
他理想中静谧优雅,可以幽居的住处终于在华盛顿广场找到了。
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The meal began , and conversation was genteel and polite .
晚餐开始,席间的交谈优雅有礼。
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She always talks in such a genteel voice when she 's on the phone .
她打电话时,总是用高雅的声音说话。
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She lived a genteel , careful , frugal life .
她过著高尚的、谨慎而节俭的生活。
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Her goal is to be a respectable lady in the genteel class .
她的目标是成为上流社会的一位受人尊敬的女士。
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He came from a genteel family .
他出身于有教养的家庭。
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The rich , the genteel , the powerful .
有钱的人,有身份的人,有势力的人。
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He took elocution lessons to try to make his accent sound more genteel .
他去接受演讲技巧训练,以使他说话的声调听上去更优雅些。
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Yet many Japanese seem more at ease with the idea of stately decline and genteel isolation .
至今仍有很多日本人似乎更安逸的想法和有教养的孤立。
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He went to an upper-class institution where the students learned to develop a very genteel manner .
他考上了上流社会的学校。这里培养的学生都很有教养。
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It was strangely easy to converse with this genteel hunter .
与这个优雅的捕猎者交谈轻松得有些奇怪。
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Since Dreiser 's " truthful reflection of life " is against the " genteel tradition ";
文章的结论是:德莱塞的真实反映生活的文风是对高雅传统的反叛;
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The " Genteel Lu " brocade is kind of proper folk textile in Qufu .
在“古典路”博科是一种适当的民间纺织曲阜。
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I have known many couples , who have entirely disliked each other , lead very comfortable genteel lives .
我认识许多对夫妻,彼此根本不喜欢,生活仍然非常舒适温存。
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Such is the modern style of tennis , once the genteel afternoon pastime of the idle rich .
这就是现代网球。在过去,它可是富贵人家用来消磨午后悠闲时光的活动。
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This is a pretty genteel environment , and you don 't usually see outright manifestations of bias , he said .
这是一个非常有教养的环境,你通常不会看到直接表现出来的偏见,他说。