genteel [dʒen'ti:l]

英汉解释

adj. 有教养的，文雅的；上流社会的

同义词

a. civilised，cultivated，cultured，polite

参考例句

1. You are genteel enough, you look like a lady.
你是够文雅的，看上去象个大家闺秀。
2. 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。
3. Yet many Japanese seem more at ease with the idea of stately decline and genteel isolation.
然而，许多日本人似乎对于本国这种“体面的衰落”和“高贵的孤立”心安理得。

英英解释

adj.
  1. marked by refinement in taste and manners

网络释义

genteel
有教养的; 上流社会的; 装做贵族,上流社会,有教养的; 优雅的 / 有上流社会特点的;
Genteel Husk
空壳雅士;
shabby-genteel
死要面子的;
genteel - loutish
优雅的 - 粗野的;
live in genteel poverty
家境困难却摆排场; 家境贫寒; 却虚摆扬面;