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gentility

音標[dʒen'tiliti] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 出身高貴, 紳士們, 上流階層, 斯文, 有教養, 彬彬有禮, 文雅, 裝體面, 假斯文

英文解釋:

名詞 gentility:

  1. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
    同義詞:breeding, genteelness

例句:

  1. Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity, and afraid of being overtake.
    時髦,是逃亡自庸俗而又惟恐被?上的假斯文。
  2. His gentility is purely made up.
    他的文雅都是裝出來的。

詳細解釋:


gen.til.i.ty

n.(名詞)
The quality of being well-mannered; refinement.
優雅:舉止優雅的品質;優雅
The condition of being born to the gentry.
高貴出身:出身於貴族的狀況
Persons of high social standing considered as a group.
上流社會:作為一個整體的上層社會的成員
An attempt to convey or maintain the appearance of refinement and elegance.
派頭:試圖表達或保持優雅和得體的外表的努力

來源:
Middle English gentilete [nobility of birth]
中古英文 gentilete [出身高貴]
from Old French
源自 古法文
from Latin gentolit3s
源自 拉丁語 gentolit3s
from gentolis [of the same clan] * see gentle
源自 gentolis [同一部族的] *參見 gentle

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