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gentility

美 [dʒenˈtɪləti]英 [dʒenˈtɪləti]
  • n.文雅;绅士风度;彬彬有礼;幽静古朴;高贵的身份
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noun

1

文雅;彬彬有礼;高贵的身份
very good manners and behaviour; the fact of belonging to a high social class

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。

2

幽静古朴
the fact of being quiet and old-fashioned

the faded gentility of the town

已失去古朴风貌的城镇

gentility

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  • 1
    N-UNCOUNT 高贵的出身(或外表)
    Gentility is the fact or appearance of belonging to a high social class.

    He surrounds himself with all the trappings of gentility — dogs, horses, and fine paintings...

    他身边满是象征高贵身份的东西——狗,马以及精美的画。

noun

1
elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
Synonym: breeding genteelness

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  1. Again , a kind of gentility and knight 's spirit chivalry had come into being in the restraint of the church and social environment .

    再以后,在教会和社会环境的约束下,一种绅士风度和骑士精神形成。

  2. It made Lydia wonder whether gentility might be a product of genetic engineering .

    它使利迪娅考虑文雅是不是遗传工程的成果。

  3. 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。

  4. He took her hand with discreet gentility .

    他温文尔雅地牵着她的手。

  5. The hotel has an air of faded gentility .

    这家宾馆有一种没落的贵族氛围。

  6. He surrounds himself with all the trappings of gentility — dogs , horses , and fine paintings

    他身边满是象征高贵身份的东西——狗,马以及精美的画。

  7. He thinks fine clothes are a mark of gentility .

    他认为衣着讲究是身分高贵的标志。

  8. Unless you washed your hands , you had no claim to gentility .

    不洗手,就没有资格要求别人认为你有教养。

  9. Fashion be gentility running away from vulgarity , and afraid of be overtake .

    时髦,是逃亡自庸俗而又惟恐被?上的假斯文。

  10. The courtesy and gentility of these beautiful girls .

    这些漂亮姑娘的谦恭有礼和高雅风度。

  11. Gentility is nothing but ancient riches .

    高贵的身分只是依凭上代的财产。

  12. He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility ( James Joyce )

    为了给人有贵族气派的印象,他说话粗暴(詹姆斯乔伊丝)

  13. All his Southern gentlewomen 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。

  14. Gentility and Sincerity : the Portrayal of the Cultural Identities of the Baima Lake Writers

    温柔敦厚的仁者情怀:白马湖作家群文化个性描述

  15. Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity , and afraid of being overtaken . He is not a go person .

    时髦,是逃亡自庸俗而又惟恐被赶上假斯文。他不是个赶时髦的人。

  16. In this very heart of England 's gentility it was difficult to realize that a lonely woman could be importuned or hunted .

    在这个英国文雅气息的中心,很难想象到一个孤独的女子会受到人家的纠缠和追逼。

  17. 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 .

    我要找出那些仍然尖酸刻薄的词语,也许我还得像从前那样温文尔雅才能找到。

  18. A Moral Reading of the " Comity " and " Contention " in the " Kingdom of Gentility " of The Mirror and Flowers

    《镜花缘》“君子国”里“让”与“争”的道德解析

  19. There is not much harm in a lion ; he has no ideal , 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。

  20. All her life she had heard sneers hurled at the Yankees because their pretensions to gentility were based on wealth , not breeding .

    她一直听人们对北方佬嗤之以鼻,因为北方佬的帮作高雅是以财富而不是以教养为基础的。

  21. Old Mr. letterblair , the accredited legal adviser of three generations of New York gentility , throned behind his mahogany desk in evident perplexity .

    老莱特布赖先生,这位受纽约上层阶级三代人信托的法律顾问,端坐在他的红木写字台后面,显然遇到了麻烦。

  22. Pink roses : elegance , gracefulness , refinement , gentility , style and poetic romance but being combined with fun and light-heartedness .

    粉红玫瑰:高雅、优美、精致、文雅、时尚和诗情,但同时又有玩笑和轻浮的意味。

  23. Recited the decree with an important air ; took long important strides in the direction of his office . He swaggered out of the room , with much elegance and gentility .

    以权威的姿态宣读法令;大踏步地向他的办公室走去。他昂首阔步地从屋子里走出去,气度雍容,姿态优美。

  24. You do not like fussiness around you or in your perfumes , you want a perfume that shows what you stand for-independence , simplicity and gentility .

    你不喜欢过于复杂的香水,而体现独立、简单和优雅气质的香水通常是你的首选。

  25. Louisa , Melchior 's wife , was a stolid woman of the lower class . Yankees haven 't sense enough to know that you haven 't any gentility .

    曼希沃的妻子鲁意莎,是下等阶级的一个呆头呆脑的女人。他们呆头呆脑的,没意识到你这个人根本是没有什么教养的。

  26. As a boy , he was educated in the cultural archaisms of the Chinese classics . During his teens , however , Lu Xun 's family sank from gentility into poverty and disgrace .

    他在童年时期接受的是中国儒家经典的旧式教育,在十几岁的时候,其家道中落,从富贵人家陷入贫穷和羞辱。

  27. The development of folk customs in Ryukyu , as far as material and spiritual customs are concerned , were manifested the evolved route of from rough to gentility as well as from simple to complicated . In addition , it was embraced of the impact of foreign customs .

    琉球民间习俗的形成,无论物质民俗,抑或精神民俗,都遵循着由粗朴到文雅,由简单到繁琐的发展规律,并且在这个发展过程中,不断受到外来习俗文化的影响和冲击。

  28. In matters intellectual and artistic Newland Archer felt himself distinctly the superior of these chosen specimens of old New York gentility ; he had probably read more , thought more , and even seen a good deal more of the world , than any other man of the number .

    在智力与艺术方面,纽兰·阿切尔觉得自己比老纽约上流阶层这些精选的标本明显要高一筹:他比这帮人中任何一位大概都读得多、思考得多,并且也见识得多。