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

• The courtesy and gentility of these beautiful girls.
  这些漂亮姑娘的谦恭有礼和高雅风度。
• 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。
• It made Lydia wonder whether gentility might be a product of genetic engineering.
  它使利迪娅考虑文雅是不是遗传工程的成果。
• 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.
  我要找出那些仍然尖酸刻薄的词语，也许我还得像从前那样温文尔雅才能找到。
• As a boy, he was educated in the cultural archaisms of the Chinese classics. During his teens, however, Lu Xun's family sank from gentility into poverty and disgrace.
  他在童年时期接受的是中国儒家经典的旧式教育，在十几岁的时候，其家道中落，从富贵人家陷入贫穷和羞辱。
• 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。
• There is not much harm in a lion; he has no ideal, 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。
• Pink roses: elegance, gracefulness, refinement, gentility, style and poetic romance but being combined with fun and light-heartedness.
  粉红玫瑰：高雅、优美、精致、文雅、时尚和诗情，但同时又有玩笑和轻浮的意味。
• 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。
• 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。