genteel
英 [d?en'ti?l]
美[d??n'til]
- adj. 有教養的，文雅的；上流社會的
實用場景例句
- He lived in genteel poverty (= trying to keep the style of a high social class, but with little money) .
- 他擺出一副紳士派頭，過的卻是窮酸的生活。
牛津詞典
- Her genteel accent irritated me.
- 她那矯揉造作的腔調使我感到難受。
牛津詞典
- a genteel manner
- 彬彬有禮
牛津詞典
- ...the genteel towns of Winchester and Chichester.
- 古樸幽靜的溫徹斯特和奇切斯特
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- ...two maiden ladies with genteel manners and voices.
- 兩位舉止文雅、嗓音輕柔的少女
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- It was a place to which genteel families came in search of health and quiet.
- 這是上流社會家庭尋求健康和靜謐的場所。
柯林斯高階英語詞典
- Say a bouquet, sister Jemima ,'tis more genteel.
- 妹妹,用字文雅點兒, 說一束花.
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- I'd stint myself to keep you both in a genteel and seemly style.
- 我會節衣縮食來讓你們倆過一種上流社會的體面生活.
辭典例句
- But on at least two issues, such genteel methods are proving inadequate.
- 但至少在兩個問題上, 這樣的柔性手段顯得有些孱弱.
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- His ideal of quiet and of genteel retirement was found in Washington Square.
- 他理想中靜謐優雅,可以幽居的住處終于在華盛頓廣場找到了.
辭典例句
- She always talks in a genteel voice when she's on the phone.
- 她打電話時說話總是擺出一副上流架子.
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- They are not above seeing the shortcomings of the genteel society in which they move.
- 他們并非對他們生活中的上流社會的種種缺陷視而不見.
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- Because of their genteel, civilized settings and characters, these stories are also known as " cosies "
- 由于這類小說的上層社會 、 文明的背景和角色, 它們也被稱為 “ 舒適推理小說 ”
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- She is too genteel for words.
- 她說話太咬文嚼字了.
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- Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.
- 盡管她貧窮, 但她總想裝出上流社會階層的樣子.
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- You are genteel enough, you look like a lady.
- 你是夠文雅的, 看上去象個大家閨秀.
辭典例句
- People you know or have just met often remark on your genteel ways.
- 認識你的人或剛剛認識你的人,都常常稱贊你彬彬有禮的態度.
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- Simple and decent, fashionable and meaningful, genteel taste gives out since.
- 簡單大方, 時尚又有內涵, 儒雅的紳士味道自然散發出來.
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- I have known many couples, who have entirely disliked each other, lead very comfortable genteel lives.
- 我認識許多對夫妻, 彼此根本不喜歡, 生活仍然非常舒適溫存.
辭典例句
- In the 1930 s there was a return to a more genteel, ladylike appearance.
- 進入三十年代后,女性回歸到更優雅, 更有女人味的時裝中.
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- She always talks in such a genteel voice when she's on the phone.
- 她打電話時,說話總是擺出一副上流架子.
《簡明英漢詞典》
- He came from a genteel family.
- 他出身于有教養的家庭.
辭典例句
- Arts and good tast represent not only excellent quality, but also guidance genteel moral act.
- 藝術以及好的品位不僅代表了優良的品質, 而且可以用來引導有教養的道德行為.
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- There are not as many genteel young men in Devonshire as Sussex.
- 與蘇塞克斯相比,德文郡有教養的年輕人不多.
辭典例句
- She lived a genteel, careful, frugal life.
- 她過著高尚的 、 謹慎而節儉的生活.
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- He lived in genteel poverty.
- 他雖窮卻愛擺排場.
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- Yet many Japanese seem more at ease with the idea of stately decline and genteel isolation.
- 然而,許多日本人似乎對于本國這種“體面的衰落”和“高貴的孤立”心安理得.
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- Such is the modern sport of tennis, once the genteel pastime of the idle rich.
- 這就是現代網球運動的實況;在過去, 這種運動可是有錢人用來消磨時光的上流社會休閑活動.
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- When students enter the society, they need to avoid being genteel and speak properly.
- 學生走上社會之后, 要力爭擺脫學生腔,說話力求得體.
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