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English translation for "genteel"

 
adj.
1.有礼貌的,有教养的;有上流社会特点的,适合上流社会的。
2.〔口语〕优雅的,文雅的,有品格的。
3.时髦的;〔反意语〕装绅士派头的,赶时髦的,摆架子的。
短语和例子

adv.
-ly ,-ness n.,-ism n.〔书面语〕雅语〔如用 stomach 替代 belly〕。


Related Translations:
shabby genteel:  adj.穷要面子的;摆穷架子的。
Example Sentences:
1.You are genteel enough, you look like a lady .
你是够文雅的,看上去象个大家闺秀。
2.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。
3.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。
4.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。
5.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。
6.I have known many couples, who have entirely disliked each other, lead very comfortable genteel lives .
我认识许多对夫妻,彼此根本不喜欢,生活仍然非常舒适温存。
7.It had a genteel appearance, and a well-dressed gentlemanly man sat on the seat, with a colored servant driving .
那辆马车看上去很有气派,上面坐着一位衣冠楚楚,绅士模样的人,赶车的是个黑奴。
8.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。
9.She lived a genteel , careful , frugal life
她过著高尚的、谨慎而节俭的生活。
10.By the five furies , if i were not a genteel woman ,
以五年复仇女神的名义如果我不是一位上流社会的女士
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