genteel

副词：

副词: genteelly

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副词: genteelly | 名词: genteelness |

单词例句：

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。

In the 1930s there was a return to a more genteel, ladylike appearance.

进入三十年代后，女性回归到更优雅，更有女人味的时装中。

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。

Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.

尽管她贫穷，但她总想装出上流社会阶层的样子。

But it would be more accurate to describe the airy space as something far less genteel: a pawnshop.

不过说得更精确点，该给这个宽敞的空间一个比较粗俗的称呼：当铺。

In many private schools teachers were recruited from the genteel poor and their qualifications, if any, were of the lowest.

在很多私立学校里，教师都是从那些“有教养”的贫民中招募来的。他们即使有学历，那也是最低的。

She lived a genteel, careful, frugal life.

她过著高尚的、谨慎而节俭的生活。

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。

Such is the modern sport of tennis, once the genteel pastime of the idle rich.

这就是现代网球运动的实况；在过去，这种运动可是有钱人用来消磨时光的上流社会休闲活动。