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

• 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。
• Yet many Japanese seem more at ease with the idea of stately decline and genteel isolation.
  至今仍有很多日本人似乎更安逸的想法和有教养的孤立。
• 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。
• 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。
• She lived a genteel, careful, frugal life.
  她过著高尚的、谨慎而节俭的生活。
• She is too genteel for words!
  她说话太咬文嚼字了！
• 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。
• 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。
• He took elocution lessons to try to make his accent sound more genteel.
  他去接受演讲技巧训练，以使他说话的声调听上去更优雅些。
• Because of their genteel, civilized settings and characters, these stories are also known as "cosies".
  由于这类小说的上层社会、文明的背景和角色，它们也被称为舒适推理小说。