well-bred

英 [ˌwel ˈbred]

美 [ˌwel ˈbred]

adj.  有教养的；良种的；受过良好教育的

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 有教养的;有涵养的;知书达理的
  Awell-bredperson is very polite and has good manners.
  1. She was too well bred to want to hurt the little boy's feelings.
     她很有涵养，不想去伤害小男孩的感情。

英英释义

adj

• of good upbringing
  Synonym:well-mannered

双语例句

• Remember, a well-bred female's place is in the home and she should know nothing about this busy, brutal world.
  你要记住，一个有教养的女性应该待在家里，应该对灾个复姑而残酷的世界一无所知才好。
• Select well-bred and strong seedling to insure surviving rate;
  选择良种壮苗，确保成活率；
• He is a well-bred boy.
  他是个有教养的孩子。
• She was just another well-bred, social-climbing new Yorker with a good gig in the fashion industry when she moved in with her boyfriend, Andrew Madoff, in December 2008.
  当时，她只是一个普通的纽约姑娘，受过良好的教育，一心向上，在时尚业有着一份不错的工作。
• The captain, like a well-bred man, had, before marriage, always given up his opinion to that of the lady.
  婚前，大尉总象个有教养的人那样放弃自己的见解，处处迁就女方。
• Yet they proved to be less well-bred than originally planned.
  但是这种组合形式却不如原先计划的形式好。
• She was a person we dare not say a woman who was gentle, austere, well-bred, cold, and who had never lied.
  那是个安静、严肃、友好、冷淡，从来不曾说过谎的人，我们不敢说她是个妇人。
• Like most innocent and well-bred young women, she had a devouring curiosity about prostitutes.
  像大多数有教养和天真烂漫的年轻女人那样，她对妓女怀着一份十分强烈的好奇心。
• They are well-bred ladies and gentlemen& if not in the highest rank of society, the aristocracy, then members of the landed gentry.
  他们都是受过良好教育的淑女绅士&即使不属于社会最上层的贵族阶级，也是地主阶级中的成员。
• But the well-bred, artificial smile, when he bent upon the guests, had its wonted steely suavity.
  但是他哈着腰向宾客招呼的那种彬彬有礼、故意装成的笑容里，却仍然具有它平时那种沉着的殷勤。