genteel

音标[dʒen'ti:l] 读音

汉语翻译

a. 有教养的, 上流的, 优雅的

词型变化:

名词:genteelness 副词:genteelly 

英语解释:

形容词 genteel:

  1. marked by refinement in taste and manners
    同义词:civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, polite

例句:

  1. Genteel manners and appearance.
    优美的举止和漂亮的外表
  2. 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。
  3. She is too genteel for words.
    她说话太咬文嚼字了。

详细解释:


gen.teel

adj.(形容词)
Refined in manner; well-bred and polite.
优雅的:举止优雅的;受良好教育并有礼貌的
Free from vulgarity or rudeness.
不庸俗的或不粗鲁的
Elegantly stylish:
优雅漂亮的:
例句:
genteel manners and appearance.
优美的举止和漂亮的外表



Striving to convey a manner or an appearance of refinement and respectability.See Synonyms at polite
力求优雅的:努力表现优雅而端庄的举止外表的参见 polite
Marked by affected and somewhat prudish refinement.
假作高雅的,假斯文的:显得装模作样的,在某种程度上过于装扮优雅的

来源:
French gentil
法语 gentil
from Old French * see gentle
源自 古法语 *参见 gentle

【引伸】
genteel.ly
adv.(副词)
genteel.ness
n.(名词)

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