gentility中文什么意思

n.
1.名门，上流阶层。
2.文雅，优雅；绅士气派。
3.〔讽刺语〕装绅士派头，充上流阶层。
+更多解释...4.〔古语〕出身高贵；绅士们。
短语和例子
shabby gentility摆阔气，硬要面子。

例句与用法

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1. But i thought her a young lady of extraordinary attractions, and in point of gentility not be surpassed .
   但是我却认为，她是一个特别有动人之处的青年小姐，在风度方面，别人很难胜过她。
2. He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility for his entry had been followed by a pause of talk .
   他故意粗声粗气地说，不显出斯文的样子，因为他一进门，别的顾客都停止谈话，注意他了。
3. In this very heart of england's gentility it was difficult to realize that a lonely woman could be importuned or hunted .
   在这个英国文雅气息的中心，很难想象到一个孤独的女子会受到人家的纠缠和追逼。
4. Between them, they taught her all that a gentlewoman should know, but she learned only the outward signs of gentility .
   凡是大家闺秀知道的事情，她们已经没有一样不教她，可是她所学得的，只是一种表面的礼貌。
5. He thinks fine clothes are a mark of gentility
   他认为衣著讲究是身分高贵的标志

英文释义

名词

1. elegance by virtue of fineness of manner and expression
   同义词：breeding, genteelness