gentility

gentility什么意思,gentility翻译

基本解释

n.: 文雅；彬彬有礼；高贵的身份；幽静古朴
网络: 有教养；出身高贵；上流

权威解释

• 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

• 幽静古朴:

  the fact of being quiet and old-fashioned

英汉解释

• 〔古语〕出身高贵;绅士们

• 〔讽刺语〕装绅士派头,充上流阶层

• 名门,上流阶层

• 文雅,优雅;绅士气派

同义词

n.refinementproprietybreedingdecorumcourtesy

反义词

n.vulgarity

例句

• Between them, they taught her all that a gentlewoman should know, but she learned only the outward signs of gentility.

  凡是大家闺秀知道的事情，她们已经没有一样不教她，可是她所学得的，只是一种表面的礼貌。

• But I thought her a young lady of extraordinary attractions, and in point of gentility not be surpassed.

  但是我却认为，她是一个特别有动人之处的青年小姐，在风度方面，别人很难胜过她。

• He emitted a laboured breath, as if the scene were getting rather oppressive to his heart, or to his conscience, or to his gentility .

  他沉重地呼了一口气，仿佛当时的情景使他的良心感受到了压力，使他的良知和脸面也感受到了压力。

• 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.

  我将要狩猎没有遗失他们的刺字，而且它可能是我将必须回去高贵找他们。

• is not much ~ in a lion; he has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility.

  狮子为害其实不大。它没有理想，没有宗教，没有政治，没有骑士精神，也讲究斯文。

• The Wang family occupies two rooms. Old Wang and I are considered the genteel folk in the compound. Gentility to be hanged!

  王家住着两间房。我和老王是院子里公认的学问人。天杀的学问！

• There is not much harm in a lion; he has no ideals, 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。

• All his Southern gentlewoman 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。

• You want a perfume that shows what you stand for - independence, simplicity and gentility. The fragrance to suit you is Elizabeth Arden.

  体现独立、简单和优雅气质的香水通常是你的首选，伊丽莎白-雅顿正好能满足你的需要。

• Diner is over. Demi-tastes, cigars and brandy. The overall effect is one of worn elegance and dogged gentility. It is June. Night.

  六月的夜里，晚餐结束后，人们品着咖啡，抽着雪茄，喝着白兰地，气氛高雅而文明。