genteelness
[dʒen'ti:l]
[ genteelness ]
adj.文雅的, 有教养的
例句与用法：
Genteel manners and appearance.
优美的举止和漂亮的外表
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。
She is too genteel for words.
她说话太咬文嚼字了。
词形变化：
副词: genteelly | 名词: genteelness |
genteelness
名词 genteelness:
elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
genteelness
■live in genteel poverty
vi. 家境贫寒(却虚摆扬面)
■"A man, indeed, is not genteel when he gets drunk; but most vices may be committed very genteelly" (James Boswell).
“一个人，当他喝醉时实在不可能高雅；但大多数罪恶却可能是彬彬有礼地犯下的” （詹姆斯·鲍斯弗尔）
■"But they say traveling makes people genteel, Luke.
“可是人家说，旅行使人变得温文尔雅，卢克。
■"Say a bouquet, sister Jemima, 'tis more genteel."
“妹妹，用字文雅点儿，说一束花。”
■A man,indeed,is not genteel when he gets drunk;but most vices may be committed very genteelly(James Boswell.
一个人，当他喝醉时实在不可能高雅;但大多数罪恶却可能是彬彬有礼地犯下的(詹姆斯·鲍斯弗尔)
■A man, indeed, is not genteel when he gets drunk;but most vices may be committed very genteelly(James Boswell.
一个人，当他喝醉时实在不可能高雅；但大多数罪恶却可能是彬彬有礼地犯下的（詹姆斯 鲍斯弗尔）
■Some researchers claim that it was common at this time for genteel women to pluck them off, since they were considered to be unsightly.
一些研究人员声称它是常见的在这个时候为柔弱的妇女拿出它们赶走，因为他们被认为是有碍观瞻。
■JAPANESE traffic cops were until recently a genteel bunch.
不久之前日本的交通警察还是温文尔雅的一群人。
■It is this aspect of our psyche, which unfortunately is quite widespread, that makes us appear coarse to those coming from a more genteel community.
不幸的是，这种心态相当普遍。 因此，在来自比较高雅的社会的人士的眼中，我们便显得粗俗无礼。
■It is this aspect of our psyche,which unfortunately is quite widespread,that makes us appear coarse to those coming from a more genteel community.
不幸的是，这种心态相当普遍。因此，在来自比较高雅的社会的人士的眼中，我们便显得粗俗无礼。
■To the American people, however, the senior Senator from Massachusetts must perforce seem a little too genteel, too cold, too Back Bay to serve as an adequate trustee for the Old Guard tradition.
不过在美国人民眼里，这位来自麻省的年事已高的参议员未免有点太绅士，太冷酷了。
■But it would be more accurate to describe the airy space as something far less genteel: a pawnshop.
不过说得更精确点，该给这个宽敞的空间一个比较粗俗的称呼：当铺。
■There are not as many genteel young men in Devonshire as sussex
与苏塞克斯相比，德文郡有教养的年轻人不多。
■They are not above seeing the shortcomings of the genteel society in which they move
他们并非对他们生活中的上流社会的种种缺陷视而不见。
■9.He came from a genteel family.
他出身于有教养的家庭。
■He came from a genteel family.
他出身於有教养的家庭。
■He was only a soft-hearted grateful fellow, and had nothing genteel or polite about him
他只是一个心肠软、知道感恩图报的人，并不懂得什么派头和礼貌。
■He lived in genteel poverty(= trying to keep the style of a high social class, but with little money).
他摆出一副绅士派头，过的却是穷酸的生活。
■He is a genteel man, and has a fine countenance and a charming voice
他是个温文尔雅的人，生得眉清目秀，谈话的声音非常悦耳。
■His ideal of quiet and of genteel retirement was found in Washington Square
他理想中静谧优雅，可以幽居的住处终于在华盛顿广场找到了。
■He lived in genteel poverty.
他虽穷却爱摆排场。
■Ellingsworth stood framed in the door of his club, the picture of a pukka gentleman, immaculately groomed, upper lip appropriately stiff, perfectly genteel.
伊林沃斯站在他的俱乐部的门框内，出现了一个真诚的，穿戴完美，上嘴唇似乎紧闭着，非常有教养的绅士的形象。
■Genteel manners and appearance.
优美的举止和漂亮的外表
■cultivated speech; cultured Bostonians; cultured tastes; a genteel old lady; polite society.
优雅的演说；有教养的波士顿人；品位高雅；优雅的老妇人；上流社会。
■1. cultivated speech; cultured Bostonians; cultured tastes; a genteel old lady; polite society.
优雅的演说；有教养的波士顿人；品位高雅；优雅的老妇人；上流社会。收藏指正
■a genteel old lady;
优雅的老妇人；
■But behind the smiles, America is exasperated by the genteel and seemingly unstoppable decline of the world's second-largest economy, a decline which now threatens to jeopardise any global recovery.
但是在微笑背后，美国正为上流社会和世界第二大经济国似乎无法遏制的衰退而烦恼，这种衰退如今正威胁着世界经济的复苏。
■You are genteel enough, you look like a lady
你是够文雅的，看上去象个大家闺秀。
■affect genteel ignorance
假装不知道以显示自己的高贵
■Its once-raffish waterfront has been transformed into a genteel park, and theold neighborhoods are now dotted with cappuccino shops.
其一处极为粗俗的海岸旁，已经变成了一个安静的公园，周边有着老居民区，现在还被点缀了卡布奇诺的商店。
■Ralph was ingenious, genteel in his manners, and extremely eloquent; I think I never knew a prettier talker.
劳夫是聪明、态度文雅、口才极佳的人；我想我从前也是这样一个善于说辞的人。
■Therefore, suggested that everybody, genteel eats this kind of food slowly, does not want to wolf down.
因此，建议大家慢慢地 、“文绉绉”地吃这类食品，千万不要“狼吞虎咽”。
■The “Genteel Lu” brocade has a good permeability, hydroscopic property, and pull resistance.
在“古典路”博科具有良好的透气性，吸湿财产，拉电阻。
■The “Genteel Lu” brocade is kind of proper folk textile in Qufu.
在“古典路”博科是一种适当的民间纺织曲阜。
■In many private schools teachers were recruited from the genteel poor and their qualifications, if any, were of the lowest.
在很多私立学校里，教师都是从那些“有教养”的贫民中招募来的。他们即使有学历，那也是最低的。
■The daughter has acquired a gay air of being very much at home in society; the bravado of genteel poverty
女儿则作出特别活泼的样子，像很善于应酬似的，这是破落户所特有的一种虚架子。
■She always talks in such a genteel voice when she's on the phone.
她打电话时，总是用高雅的声音说话。
■She spent most of her declining years in genteel poverty.
她晚年的大部分时间是在家境贫寒却又虚摆排场的情况下度过的。
■She is too genteel for words!
她说话太咬文嚼字了!
■She is too genteel for words.
她说话太咬文嚼字了。
■She lived a genteel, careful, frugal life.
她过著高尚的、谨慎而节俭的生活。
■Her genteel accent irritated me.
她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。
■When students enter the society, they need to avoid being genteel and speak properly.
学生走上社会之后，要力争摆脱学生腔，说话力求得体。
■their diplomatists were ignorant of Russian, genteel persons with their attention directed to the Russian Court rather than to Russia, they blundered steadily with the new situation.
它们的外交官对俄国人一无所知； 他们都是些温文尔雅的人，把注意力放在俄国朝廷上，而不是俄国； 面临着新形势，他们老是犯错误。
■genteel poverty; live in poverty genteel
家境贫寒却虚摆场面
■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。
■We shall be forever busy trying to patchit up and make it appear at least genteel.
我们只好永远忙于修修补补，好让它看上去至少还像模像样。
■Our panic is more genteel, softened by balmy California weather, a laid-back attitude, and, OK, the fact that we haven't had a local industry completely implode.
我们的恐慌更加优雅，被加利福尼亚醇和的气候软化了，是一种松弛懒散的态度，还有，好吧，事实是我们还没有一家本地产业完全内爆。
■I defy any one to say that our Becky, who has certainly some vices, has not been presented to the public in a perfectly genteel and inoffensive manner
我们的蓓基当然有许多品行不端的地方，可是她跟大家见面的时候，总是十分文雅得体的，在这一点上，谁也不能说我不对。
■I'd stint myself to keep you both in a genteel and seemly style
我会节衣缩食来让你们俩过一种上流社会的体面生活。