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adj.文雅的⁴⁰;有教养的⁶⁰副词genteelly名词genteelness
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Adjective:
marked by refinement in taste and manners;cultivated speech cultured Bostonians cultured tastes a genteel old lady polite society 单词genteel和gentle温和的源自同一个法语单词，本意都是“出身高贵的”。二者进入英语的时间不同，感情色彩也不同，genteel保留了法语发音，常用来反讽“故作高贵”。shabby-genteel死要面子的live in genteel poverty家境贫寒却虚摆扬面…
钱博士gen(产生，出生+t抽象名词后缀，表行为和状态+eel形容词后缀-ile在法语中的变体形式，好的→出身高贵的⇒有教养的，文雅的，上流社会的
词根gener-产生，起源，生殖，出生，种族，血统来自拉丁语，词尾-er有时候会脱落，整个词根简化为gen-。它和希腊词根gen-产生，起源，生殖，出生，种族，血统及日耳曼词根kin-家庭、氏族最终都源自原始印欧语词根*gene-生，辅音字母k-g相通。
词源解释单词genteel和gentle温和的源自同一个法语单词，本意都是“出身高贵的”。二者进入英语的时间不同，感情色彩也不同，genteel保留了法语发音，常用来反讽“故作高贵”。gen产生，出生+t抽象名词后缀，表行为和状态+eel形容词后缀-ile在法语中的变体形式，好的→出身高贵的⇒有教养的，文雅的，上流社会的。GRE红宝书源于gentleadj 温和的; 文雅的; gentlemann 绅士
gentle 温和词根记忆gent+eel=出身好的=高雅的,gentle”温柔的”变体来自gentlea.文雅的近义词 civil公民的gentle温和的proper合适的snooty傲慢的refined精炼的feminine女性的polite有礼貌的discreet谨慎的decorous合宜的snobbish势利的civilized文明的civilised文明的mannerly有礼貌的affected受影响的cultivated栽植的epicurean好享乐的fashionable流行的courteous有礼貌的accomplished完成的aristocratic贵族的cultured人工培养的condescending高傲的well-mannered有礼貌的pretentious自命不凡的patronizing以恩人自居的…
Pgenteelismn.高雅行为Pshabby-genteela.死要面子的
形容词98%,名词2%
用作形容词She is toogenteelfor words.她说话太咬文嚼字了。
You aregenteelenough, you look like a lady.你是够文雅的，看上去象个大家闺秀。
He came from agenteelfamily.他出身於有教养的家庭。adj.sophisticated, cultured
同义词 aristocratic,elegant,noble,ostentatious,polite,refined,stylishaffected,artificial,chivalrous,civil,confined,courteous,courtly,cultivated,distingué,fashionable,formal,graceful,hollow,intolerant,la-di-da,mannerly,polished,pompous,precious,pretentious,priggish,prim,prissy,prudish,respectable,strait-laced,stuffy,urbane,well-behaved,well-bred,well-mannered
反义词 uncivilized,unfashionable,unrefined,unsophisticatedboorish,callous,rough,rude,rugged,uncultured
Victorianadjective prudish
conservative,conventional,demure,priggish,prim,prissy,proper,puritanical,respectable,rigid,smug,square,starchy,stiff,strait-laced,stuffy,uptight
civiladjective obliging, kind
accommodating,affable,civilized,complaisant,cordial,courteous,courtly,cultivated,diplomatic,formal,genteel,gracious,mannerly,polished,polite,politic,refined,suave,urbane,well-bred,wellmannered
courteousadjective gentle, mannerly
affable,attentive,ceremonious,civil,civilized,complaisant,considerate,courtly,cultivated,debonair,elegant,gallant,genteel,gracious,polished,polite,refined,respectful,soft-spoken,suave,thoughtful,urbane,well-behaved,well-bred,well-mannered,well-spoken
culturedadjective well-bred, experienced
able,accomplished,advanced,aesthetic,appreciative,au courant,blue-stocking,chivalrous,civilized,courteous,cultivated,distingue,educated,elegant,enlightened,erudite,gallant,genteel,high-class,highbrow,informed,intellectual,intelligent,knowledgeable,lettered,liberal,literary,literate,mannerly,polished,polite,refined,savant,scholarly,sensitive,sophisticated,tasteful,tolerant,traveled,understanding,up-to-date,urbane,versed,well-informed
elegantadjective beautiful, tasteful
appropriate,apt,aristocratic,artistic,august,chic,choice,classic,clever,comely,courtly,cultivated,cultured,dainty,delicate,dignified,effective,exquisite,fancy,fashionable,fine,genteel,graceful,grand,handsome,ingenious,luxurious,majestic,modish,neat,nice,noble,opulent,ornamented,ornate,ostentatious,overdone,polished,rare,recherché,refined,rich,select,silk-stocking,simple,stately,stylish,stylized,sumptuous,superior,well-bred
fashionableadjective stylish, up-to-date
a go-go,all the rage,chic,chichi,contemporary,current,customary,dashing,faddy,favored,fly,genteel,hot,in style,in vogue,last word,latest,latest thing,mod,modern,modish,natty,new,newfangled,now,popular,prevailing,rakish,smart,stylish,swank,trendsetting,trendy,up-to-date,up-to-the-minute,upscale,usual,well-turned-out,with it,à la mode His earlier work told the story of a desperate, rural poverty; “ Last Man in Tower” depicts a genteel middle- class impoverishment of imagination and hope.
他早期的作品讲述了一个绝望的贫困农村故事；《最后一个塔中人》则描绘了一个有教养但想象力、希望缺失的中产阶级。 ecocn
Like other seaside towns, it was hit by the advent of mass air travel; Brighton and Eastbourne, its more genteel neighbours, have reinvented themselves, but Hastings stagnated.
在飞机旅行的风潮到来时，它跟其他沿海小镇都遭受重创。 附庸风雅的邻镇布莱顿和伊斯特本已经开始自我调整，而黑斯廷斯却停滞不前了。 ecocn
To the American people, however, the senior Senator from Massachusetts must perforce seem a little too genteel, too cold, too Back Bay to serve as an adequate trustee for the Old Guard tradition.
不过在美国人民眼里，这位来自麻省的年事已高的参议员未免有点太绅士，太冷酷了。 其大都市上流社会的风度恐怕很难赢得老派卫道士们的信任。 yeeyan |