gentility
美 [dʒenˈtɪləti] 
英 [dʒen'tɪləti]
- n.文雅；彬彬有礼；高贵的身份；幽静古朴
- 网络有教养；出身高贵；上流
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英汉双解
1. | 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 |
| He took her hand with discreet gentility. 他温文尔雅地牵着她的手。 |
| 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。 |
2. | 幽静古朴the fact of being quiet and old-fashioned |
| the faded gentility of the town 已失去古朴风貌的城镇 |
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例句
Between them, they taught her all that a gentlewoman should know, but she learned only the outward signs of gentility.
凡是大家闺秀知道的事情，她们已经没有一样不教她，可是她所学得的，只是一种表面的礼貌。
But I thought her a young lady of extraordinary attractions, and in point of gentility not be surpassed.
但是我却认为，她是一个特别有动人之处的青年小姐，在风度方面，别人很难胜过她。
He emitted a laboured breath, as if the scene were getting rather oppressive to his heart, or to his conscience, or to his gentility .
他沉重地呼了一口气，仿佛当时的情景使他的良心感受到了压力，使他的良知和脸面也感受到了压力。
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.
我将要狩猎没有遗失他们的刺字，而且它可能是我将必须回去高贵找他们。
is not much ~ in a lion; he has no ideals, no religion, no politics, no chivalry, no gentility.
狮子为害其实不大。它没有理想，没有宗教，没有政治，没有骑士精神，也讲究斯文。
The Wang family occupies two rooms. Old Wang and I are considered the genteel folk in the compound. Gentility to be hanged!
王家住着两间房。我和老王是院子里公认的学问人。天杀的学问！
There is not much harm in a lion; he has no ideals, 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。
All his Southern gentlewoman are delicate and sensitive women who best represent the culture and gentility of the Old South.
她们娇弱而敏感，都是来自美国南方上流社会的南方淑女，是旧南方文化和教养的最佳代言人。
You want a perfume that shows what you stand for - independence, simplicity and gentility. The fragrance to suit you is Elizabeth Arden.
体现独立、简单和优雅气质的香水通常是你的首选，伊丽莎白-雅顿正好能满足你的需要。
Diner is over. Demi-tastes, cigars and brandy. The overall effect is one of worn elegance and dogged gentility. It is June. Night.
六月的夜里，晚餐结束后，人们品着咖啡，抽着雪茄，喝着白兰地，气氛高雅而文明。
Pink roses: elegance, gracefulness , refinement, gentility, style and poetic romance but being combined with fun and lightheartedness.
粉色玫瑰：高雅，优雅，高贵，风度和诗一般的浪漫但是通常带有自由自在和休闲的色彩。
The businesses have become the area's de facto country clubs by bringing a whiff of gentility to Koreatown's alcohol-fueled night scene.
韩国城原本由喝酒带动的夜生活，因为卖咖啡带来一点附庸风雅的气息，已经成为这个地区实际上的乡村俱乐部。
Yet Yangon's decrepit gentility exerts a certain charm amid the increasing homogeneity of urban Asia.
不过，在亚洲城市越来越趋同的当下，这种破落而优雅的风貌赋予了仰光几分特殊的魅力。
Unless you washed your hands, you had no claim to gentility .
不洗手，就没有资格要求别人认为你有教养。
In this very heart of England's gentility it was difficult to realize that a lonely woman could be importuned or hunted.
在这个英国文雅气息的中心，很难想象到一个孤独的女子会受到人家的纠缠和追逼。
Pink roses: elegance, gracefulness , refinement, gentility, style and poetic romance but being combined with fun and light-heartedness.
粉色玫瑰：高雅，高贵，典雅，带有诗意但是又不缺乏幽默和热心。
He thinks fine clothes are a mark of gentility .
他认为衣着讲究是身分高贵的标志。
Mercy Warren was brought up with the values of gentility.
在上流社会的价值观影响下长大。
His gentility is purely made up.
他的文雅都是装出来的。
Many people think fine clothes are a mark of gentility.
很多人认为精致的服饰是文雅的标志。
An Investigation Into Gentility--A Comparison Study of Chinese and Japanese Archaic Poetics
风雅考--中日古代诗学比较
from that direction of gentility black care had come
黑色的忧患是从上流社会来的。
"He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" (James Joyce)
“为了给人有贵族气派的印象，他说话粗暴”（詹姆斯·乔伊丝）
