genteel

英 [dʒenˈtiːl]

美 [dʒenˈtiːl]

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; 幽静的; 古朴单调的

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Collins.1 / BNC.15261 / COCA.15890

牛津词典

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
  1. a genteel manner
     彬彬有礼
  2. Her genteel accent irritated me.
     她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。
  3. 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

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 彬彬有礼的；有教养的；上流社会的；装出绅士派头的
  Agenteelperson is respectable and well-mannered, and comes or seems to come from a high social class.
  1. 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。
  2. ...two maiden ladies with genteel manners and voices.
     两位举止文雅、嗓音轻柔的少女
• ADJ-GRADED （地方）幽静的,古朴单调的
  Agenteelplace or area is quiet and traditional, but may also be old-fashioned and dull.
  1. ...the genteel towns of Winchester and Chichester.
     古朴幽静的温彻斯特和奇切斯特

英英释义

adj

• marked by refinement in taste and manners
  1. cultivated speech
  2. cultured Bostonians
  3. cultured tastes
  4. a genteel old lady
  5. polite society
  Synonym:civilizedcivilisedcultivatedculturedpolite

双语例句

• He came from a genteel family.
  他出身于有教养的家庭。
• 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。
• 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。
• The genteel nationalists who run the Catalan government are in a quandary.
  领导加泰罗尼亚政府的上流民族主义者处于窘境。
• 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。
• 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。
• Less genteel, still polite, but more free-wheeling, including jokes and anecdotes told in a way which would probably not have been considered appropriate had the ladies still been present.
  少了些优雅，虽说仍然彬彬有礼，但开始天马行空了，其中还夹杂了女士不宜的笑话和趣闻。
• He was only a soft-hearted grateful fellow, and had nothing genteel or polite about him.
  他只是一个心肠软、知道感恩图报的人，并不懂得什么派头和礼貌。
• 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。
• 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。