英语释义

• marked by refinement in taste and manners;

  "cultivated speech"

  "cultured Bostonians"

  "cultured tastes"

  "a genteel old lady"

  "polite society"

片语

Genteel Husk空壳雅士

fashionable流行的；时髦的；上流社会的

Linda Genteel琳达·珍蒂

refined[油气][化工][冶] 精炼的；精确的；微妙的；有教养的

genteel l有教养的

shabby genteel trying to maintain dignity and self respect despite shabbiness

同义词： shabby-genteel

Affectedly genteel做作的

mild（Mild）（瑞典、德、捷、芬）米尔德（人名）

educated（在学校）教育；教导，训练；使（孩子）受学校教育（educate 的过去式和过去分词）

genteel education绅士教育

cultivated发展；耕作；教化（cultivate 的过去式和过去分词）

genteel poverty家境贫寒却虚摆场面

genteel churlish有教养的

genteel loutish有教养的

英汉例句

• like other seaside towns, it was hit by the advent of mass air travel; brighton and eastbourne, its more genteel neighbours, have reinvented themselves, but hastings stagnated.

  在飞机旅行的风潮到来时，它跟其他沿海小镇都遭受重创。 附庸风雅的邻镇布莱顿和伊斯特本已经开始自我调整，而黑斯廷斯却停滞不前了。

• but on at least two issues, such genteel methods are proving inadequate.

  但至少在两个问题上，这样的柔性手段显得有些孱弱。

• once the powerhouse of the world economy, japan is now in genteel decline.

  作为以前世界经济的发动机，日本正经历着贵族式的没落。

• the meal began, and conversation was genteel and polite.

  晚餐开始，席间的交谈优雅有礼。

• after a cycle tour of historic, genteel st andrews town we crossed breathtaking eight-mile-long confederation bridge into prince edward island, or pei.

  我们在历史悠久而优雅的圣安德鲁斯骑车閑逛，然后穿过令人屏息凝神的长达八英里的联邦大桥，来到了爱德华王子岛上。

• is europe becoming too accustomed to genteel decline?

  欧洲过于习惯其雍容华贵的衰落了吗？

• it was strangely easy to converse with this genteel hunter.

  与这个优雅的捕猎者交谈轻松得有些奇怪。

• [color=#000000][font=verdana][size=10.5pt][font=verdana]the merits of genteel poverty

  [color=#000000][font=verdana][size=10.5pt][font=verdana][font=宋体]上层社会贫困之价值[font=verdana]

• he joined a traditional bourgeois marriage. he called his wife 「mother」 and lived in a genteel middle-class home.

  他遵循着中产阶级的一切传统：婚姻，优雅漂亮的住家；称呼妻子为「妈妈」。

• you are genteel enough, you look like a lady from a wellbred family.

  你是够文雅的，看上去真像个大家闺秀！

• the pigeon is a beautiful and genteel bird.

  鸽子是一种美丽而温柔的鸟。

• the result was a festival of genteel special-pleading.

  结果却成了上流社会的「诡辩」节。

• i've been on regular 「twitrips」 ever since and am never disappointed with what is recommended… from genteel picnics on oxford college lawns to transvestite cabaret clubs in blackpool.

  从那以后，我定期进行我的「推特旅行」，而且每次推特的推荐都没有令我失望，包括在牛津大学草坪上优雅的野餐，以及到布莱克浦夜总会观看反串歌舞表演等。

• people you know or have just met often remark on your genteel ways.

  认识你的人或刚刚认识你的人，都常常称赞你彬彬有礼的态度。

• he remains a hero to many red shirts, who are mostly rural and working-class, in contrast to the genteel ranks of the conservative groups.

  与上流社会的保守组织不同，以农民和工人为主的大部分红衫军认为他依旧是个英雄。

• his earlier work told the story of a desperate, rural poverty; 「last man in tower」 depicts a genteel middle-class impoverishment of imagination and hope.

  他早期的作品讲述了一个绝望的贫困农村故事；《最后一个塔中人》则描绘了一个有教养但想象力、希望缺失的中产阶级。

• what exactly happened to the arctic sea, the enigmatic cargo ship allegedly seized by pirates, not off the wild coast of somalia but in the genteel eu waters of the baltic?

  「北冰洋」号究竟遭遇了什么不测？这艘高深莫测的货轮据称遭遇海盗劫持，然而不是在索马里波涛汹涌的外海，而是在风平浪静、风景幽雅的波罗的海欧盟水域。

• over the past few years, the museum has quietly begun deaccessioning—the genteel art-world euphemism for 「getting rid of」—large numbers of its city artifacts.

  就在过去这几年里，博物馆悄悄地开始替大部分的城市瑰宝 「找个好出路」，在上流社会的艺术世界中，这是「摆脱馆藏」的委婉说法。

• the trouble is that, as the unhappiness at hp makes clear, the alternative to clubbishness is not some genteel exchange of views called 「accountability」, but often strife and division.

  问题在于，随着惠普的不愉快经历日日益清晰，取代俱乐部文化的并非是董事间像绅士般有友好地交换意见的所谓的「责任」，而常常是演变为沖突与分歧。

• three years ago, the alleged chief interrogator at a torture center in argentina was found running a genteel antiques shop in the plains, virginia.

  三年前，人们发现涉嫌的阿根廷酷刑中心主审讯官在弗吉尼亚州平原城经营着一家高档古玩店。

• 「last man in tower」 depicts a genteel middle-class impoverishment of imagination and hope.

  《最后一个塔中人》则描绘了一个有教养但想象力、希望缺失的中产阶级。

• the old continent should resist the allure of a genteel surrender.

  我欧罗巴势必要抵制此种诱惑力---故作体面的屈服。

• mr ferguson presents a thesis that the west risks not the genteel decline of old age so much as collapse.

  费格斯先生提出了一种观点，认为西方社会面临的风险像旧时期上流社会的衰败一样，最后会彻底崩溃。

相似词

fashionable流行的；时髦的；上流社会的

epicurean享乐主义者；美食家；信奉伊壁鸠鲁主义的人

feminine女性的；妇女（似）的；阴性的；娇柔的

aristocratic贵族的；贵族政治的；有贵族气派的

accomplished完成的；熟练的，有技巧的；有修养的；有学问的

gentle蛆，饵