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genteel

音標[d?en'ti:l] 讀音

漢語翻譯


a. 有教養的, 上流的, 優雅

詞型變化:

名詞:genteelness 副詞:genteelly 

英文解釋:

形容詞 genteel:

  1. marked by refinement in taste and manners
    同義詞:civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, polite

例句:

  1. Genteel manners and appearance.
    優美的舉止和漂亮的外表
  2. Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.
    儘管貧窮,但她總想裝出上流社會階層的樣子。
  3. She is too genteel for words.
    她說話太咬文嚼字了。

詳細解釋:


gen.teel

adj.(形容詞)
Refined in manner; well-bred and polite.
優雅的:舉止優雅的;受良好教育並有禮貌
Free from vulgarity or rudeness.
庸俗的或不粗魯
Elegantly stylish:
優雅漂亮的:
例句:
genteel manners and appearance.
優美的舉止和漂亮的外表

Striving to convey a manner or an appearance of refinement and respectability.See Synonyms at polite
力求優雅的:努力表現優雅而端莊的舉止外表的參見 polite
Marked by affected and somewhat prudish refinement.
假作高雅的,假斯文的:顯得裝模作樣的,在某種程度上過於裝扮優雅的

來源:
French gentil
法文 gentil
from Old French * see gentle
源自 古法文 *參見 gentle

【引伸】
genteel.ly
adv.(副詞)
genteel.ness
n.(名詞)

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