gentility
英 [dʒenˈtɪləti]
美 [dʒenˈtɪləti]
n. 文雅; 彬彬有礼; 高贵的身份; 幽静古朴
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- 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。
- He took her hand with discreet gentility.
- 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
- the faded gentility of the town
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.- 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。 - The hotel has an air of faded gentility.
这家宾馆有一种没落的贵族氛围。
- He surrounds himself with all the trappings of gentility — dogs, horses, and fine paintings...
英英释义
noun
- elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
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