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gentility

英 [dʒenˈtɪləti]

美 [dʒenˈtɪləti]

n.  文雅; 彬彬有礼; 高贵的身份; 幽静古朴

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BNC.23320 / COCA.27599

牛津词典

    noun

    • 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
      1. He took her hand with discreet gentility.
        他温文尔雅地牵着她的手。
      2. 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。
    • 幽静古朴
      the fact of being quiet and old-fashioned
      1. the faded gentility of the town
        已失去古朴风貌的城镇

    柯林斯词典

    • N-UNCOUNT 高贵的出身(或外表)
      Gentilityis the fact or appearance of belonging to a high social class.
      1. 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。
      2. The hotel has an air of faded gentility.
        这家宾馆有一种没落的贵族氛围。

    英英释义

    noun

    双语例句

    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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)
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • 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。
    • The courtesy and gentility of these beautiful girls.
      这些漂亮姑娘的谦恭有礼和高雅风度。
    • 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