adj. 1.有礼貌的，有教养的；有上流社会特点的，适合上流社会的。 2.〔口语〕优雅的，文雅的，有品格的。 3.时髦的；〔反意语〕装绅士派头的，赶时髦的，摆架子的。 短语和例子 do the genteel 装气派。 live in genteel poverty 穷人摆阔。 adv. -ly ,-ness n.,-ism n.〔书面语〕雅语〔如用 stomach 替代 belly〕。
marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society" 同义词：civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, polite,
例句与用法
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You are genteel enough, you look like a lady . 你是够文雅的，看上去象个大家闺秀。
2.
There are not as many genteel young men in devonshire as sussex . 与苏塞克斯相比，德文郡有教养的年轻人不多。
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I'd stint myself to keep you both in a genteel and seemly style . 我会节衣缩食来让你们俩过一种上流社会的体面生活。
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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。
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He was only a soft-hearted grateful fellow, and had nothing genteel or polite about him . 他只是一个心肠软、知道感恩图报的人，并不懂得什么派头和礼貌。
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I have known many couples, who have entirely disliked each other, lead very comfortable genteel lives . 我认识许多对夫妻，彼此根本不喜欢，生活仍然非常舒适温存。
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It had a genteel appearance, and a well-dressed gentlemanly man sat on the seat, with a colored servant driving . 那辆马车看上去很有气派，上面坐着一位衣冠楚楚，绅士模样的人，赶车的是个黑奴。
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I defy any one to say that our becky, who has certainly some vices, has not been presented to the public in a perfectly genteel and inoffensive manner . 我们的蓓基当然有许多品行不端的地方，可是她跟大家见面的时候，总是十分文雅得体的，在这一点上，谁也不能说我不对。
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She lived a genteel , careful , frugal life 她过著高尚的、谨慎而节俭的生活。
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By the five furies , if i were not a genteel woman , 以五年复仇女神的名义如果我不是一位上流社会的女士
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