genteel
英[dʒen'tiːl]
美[dʒɛn'til]
- 有教养的， 彬彬有礼的； 冒充上流的， 附庸风雅的
双语例句
- 1. Her genteel accent irritated me.
- 她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。
- 2. She always talks in such a genteel voice when she's on the phone.
- 她打电话时,说话总是摆出一副上流架子.
- 3. It was a place to which genteel families came in search of health and quiet.
- 这是上流社会家庭寻求健康和静谧的场所。
- 4. You are genteel enough, you look like a lady.
- 你是够文雅的, 看上去象个大家闺秀.
- 5. 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.