genteel

英 [dʒenˈtiːl]

美 [dʒenˈtiːl]

adj.  显得彬彬有礼的; 假斯文的; 上流社会的; 装体面的; 装出绅士派头的; 幽静的; 古朴单调的

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牛津词典

adj.

• 显得彬彬有礼的；假斯文的；上流社会的；装体面的；装出绅士派头的
  quiet and polite, often in an exaggerated way; from, or pretending to be from, a high social class
  1. a genteel manner
     彬彬有礼
  2. Her genteel accent irritated me.
     她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。
  3. 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。
• 幽静的；古朴单调的
  quiet and old-fashioned and perhaps slightly boring

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 彬彬有礼的；有教养的；上流社会的；装出绅士派头的
  Agenteelperson is respectable and well-mannered, and comes or seems to come from a high social class.
  1. It was a place to which genteel families came in search of health and quiet.
     这是上流社会家庭寻求健康和静谧的场所。
  2. ...two maiden ladies with genteel manners and voices.
     两位举止文雅、嗓音轻柔的少女
• ADJ-GRADED （地方）幽静的,古朴单调的
  Agenteelplace or area is quiet and traditional, but may also be old-fashioned and dull.
  1. ...the genteel towns of Winchester and Chichester.
     古朴幽静的温彻斯特和奇切斯特

英英释义

adj

• marked by refinement in taste and manners
  1. cultivated speech
  2. cultured Bostonians
  3. cultured tastes
  4. a genteel old lady
  5. polite society
  Synonym:civilizedcivilisedcultivatedculturedpolite

双语例句

• 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 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。
• Less genteel, still polite, but more free-wheeling, including jokes and anecdotes told in a way which would probably not have been considered appropriate had the ladies still been present.
  少了些优雅，虽说仍然彬彬有礼，但开始天马行空了，其中还夹杂了女士不宜的笑话和趣闻。
• 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。
• Used of persons and their behavior; cultivated and genteel.
  用来指人和他们的行为；有礼貌的，有教养的。
• She is too genteel for words!
  她说话太咬文嚼字了！
• The genteel nationalists who run the Catalan government are in a quandary.
  领导加泰罗尼亚政府的上流民族主义者处于窘境。
• Mr Murray can protest all he wants, wrote Bob Herbert, a columnist for The New York Times, his book is just a genteel way of calling somebody a nigger.
  莫瑞先生可以主张任何他想要的，《纽约时报》（NewYorkTimes）专栏作家鲍勃赫伯特（BobHerbert）说，他的书只是上流社会称呼某人是黑鬼的一种假斯文方式。
• This is a pretty genteel environment, and you don't usually see outright manifestations of bias, he said.
  这是一个非常有教养的环境，你通常不会看到直接表现出来的偏见，他说。
• 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。