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

• elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
  Synonym:breedinggenteelness

双语例句

• Recited the decree with an important air; took long important strides in the direction of his office. He swaggered out of the room, with much elegance and gentility.
  以权威的姿态宣读法令；大踏步地向他的办公室走去。他昂首阔步地从屋子里走出去，气度雍容，姿态优美。
• In this very heart of England's gentility it was difficult to realize that a lonely woman could be importuned or hunted.
  在这个英国文雅气息的中心，很难想象到一个孤独的女子会受到人家的纠缠和追逼。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You do not like fussiness around you or in your perfumes, you want a perfume that shows what you stand for-independence, simplicity and gentility.
  你不喜欢过于复杂的香水，而体现独立、简单和优雅气质的香水通常是你的首选。
• 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）
• The development of folk customs in Ryukyu, as far as material and spiritual customs are concerned, were manifested the evolved route of from rough to gentility as well as from simple to complicated. In addition, it was embraced of the impact of foreign customs.
  琉球民间习俗的形成，无论物质民俗，抑或精神民俗，都遵循着由粗朴到文雅，由简单到繁琐的发展规律，并且在这个发展过程中，不断受到外来习俗文化的影响和冲击。
• 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。