genteel

名词：

名词: genteelness

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副词: genteelly | 名词: genteelness |

单词例句：

Now he is plying his trade in the higher-profile private equity business, a clubby and often genteel industry.

现在他运作的是大型的私募基金，一项俱乐部式的体面生意。

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。

TAKING your hat off at the door may seem like a throwback to a more genteel age.

进门脱帽的礼节仿佛一下子让时光倒流,回到了人人都彬彬有礼的年代。

Because of their genteel, civilized settings and characters, these stories are also known as "cosies".

由于这类小说的上层社会、文明的背景和角色,它们也被称为“舒适推理小说”。

When students enter the society, they need to avoid being genteel and speak properly.

学生走上社会之后，要力争摆脱学生腔，说话力求得体。

Genteel manners and appearance.

优美的举止和漂亮的外表

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。

Affectedly genteel;pretentious.

故作文雅的；做作的

You are genteel enough, you look like a lady.

你是够文雅的，看上去象个大家闺秀。