gentility

英 [dʒenˈtɪləti]

美 [dʒenˈtɪləti]

n.  文雅; 彬彬有礼; 高贵的身份; 幽静古朴

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BNC.23320 / COCA.27599

牛津词典

noun

• 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
  1. He took her hand with discreet gentility.
     他温文尔雅地牵着她的手。
  2. 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。
• 幽静古朴
  the fact of being quiet and old-fashioned
  1. the faded gentility of the town
     已失去古朴风貌的城镇

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 高贵的出身（或外表）
  Gentilityis the fact or appearance of belonging to a high social class.
  1. He surrounds himself with all the trappings of gentility — dogs, horses, and fine paintings...
     他身边满是象征高贵身份的东西——狗，马以及精美的画。
  2. The hotel has an air of faded gentility.
     这家宾馆有一种没落的贵族氛围。

英英释义

noun

• elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
  Synonym:breedinggenteelness

双语例句

• Gentility and Sincerity: the Portrayal of the Cultural Identities of the Baima Lake Writers
  温柔敦厚的仁者情怀：白马湖作家群文化个性描述
• All his Southern gentlewomen 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。
• The courtesy and gentility of these beautiful girls.
  这些漂亮姑娘的谦恭有礼和高雅风度。
• The development of folk customs in Ryukyu, as far as material and spiritual customs are concerned, were manifested the evolved route of from rough to gentility as well as from simple to complicated. In addition, it was embraced of the impact of foreign customs.
  琉球民间习俗的形成，无论物质民俗，抑或精神民俗，都遵循着由粗朴到文雅，由简单到繁琐的发展规律，并且在这个发展过程中，不断受到外来习俗文化的影响和冲击。
• All her life she had heard sneers hurled at the Yankees because their pretensions to gentility were based on wealth, not breeding.
  她一直听人们对北方佬嗤之以鼻，因为北方佬的帮作高雅是以财富而不是以教养为基础的。
• Old Mr. letterblair, the accredited legal adviser of three generations of New York gentility, throned behind his mahogany desk in evident perplexity.
  老莱特布赖先生，这位受纽约上层阶级三代人信托的法律顾问，端坐在他的红木写字台后面，显然遇到了麻烦。
• Fashion is gentility running away from vulgarity, and afraid of being overtaken. He is not a go person.
  时髦，是逃亡自庸俗而又惟恐被赶上假斯文。他不是个赶时髦的人。
• Again, a kind of gentility and knight's spirit chivalry had come into being in the restraint of the church and social environment.
  再以后，在教会和社会环境的约束下，一种绅士风度和骑士精神形成。
• As a boy, he was educated in the cultural archaisms of the Chinese classics. During his teens, however, Lu Xun's family sank from gentility into poverty and disgrace.
  他在童年时期接受的是中国儒家经典的旧式教育，在十几岁的时候，其家道中落，从富贵人家陷入贫穷和羞辱。
• Gentility is nothing but ancient riches.
  高贵的身分只是依凭上代的财产。