genteel

adj.

1. 显得彬彬有礼的；假斯文的；上流社会的；装体面的；装出绅士派头的
   quiet and polite, often in an exaggerated way; from, or pretending to be from, a high social class
   1. a genteel manner
      彬彬有礼
   2. Her genteel accent irritated me.
      她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。
   3. He lived in genteel poverty (= trying to keep the style of a high social class, but with little money) .
      他摆出一副绅士派头，过的却是穷酸的生活。
2. 幽静的；古朴单调的
   quiet and old-fashioned and perhaps slightly boring

1. ADJ-GRADED 彬彬有礼的；有教养的；上流社会的；装出绅士派头的
   A genteel person is respectable and well-mannered, and comes or seems to come from a high social class.
   1. 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。
   2. ...two maiden ladies with genteel manners and voices.
      两位举止文雅、嗓音轻柔的少女
2. ADJ-GRADED （地方）幽静的,古朴单调的
   A genteel place or area is quiet and traditional, but may also be old-fashioned and dull.
   1. ...the genteel towns of Winchester and Chichester.
      古朴幽静的温彻斯特和奇切斯特

1. 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。
2. 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。
3. Her genteel accent irritated me.
   她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。
4. Less genteel, still polite, but more free-wheeling, including jokes and anecdotes told in a way which would probably not have been considered appropriate had the ladies still been present.
   少了些优雅，虽说仍然彬彬有礼，但开始天马行空了，其中还夹杂了女士不宜的笑话和趣闻。
5. The meal began, and conversation was genteel and polite.
   晚餐开始，席间的交谈优雅有礼。
6. You are genteel enough, you look like a lady from a wellbred family.
   你是够文雅的，看上去真像个大家闺秀！
7. He went to an upper-class institution where the students learned to develop a very genteel manner.
   他考上了上流社会的学校。这里培养的学生都很有教养。
8. This is a pretty genteel environment, and you don't usually see outright manifestations of bias, he said.
   这是一个非常有教养的环境，你通常不会看到直接表现出来的偏见，他说。
9. The Danes also hold an annual celebration of somewhat less genteel ancestors-the marauding Vikings.
   同时丹麦人也为他们不那么体面的老祖先&维京海盗们举行着一年一度的庆典。
10. The "Genteel Lu" brocade is kind of proper folk textile in Qufu.
    在“古典路”博科是一种适当的民间纺织曲阜。
11. His ideal of quiet and of genteel retirement was found in Washington Square.
    他理想中静谧优雅，可以幽居的住处终于在华盛顿广场找到了。
12. A genteel eccentric, an amusing oddity.
    一个彬彬有礼、惹人发笑的怪人。
13. She always talks in such a genteel voice when she's on the phone.
    她打电话时，总是用高雅的声音说话。
14. She lived a genteel, careful, frugal life.
    她过著高尚的、谨慎而节俭的生活。
15. It was strangely easy to converse with this genteel hunter.
    与这个优雅的捕猎者交谈轻松得有些奇怪。
16. He came from one of these genteel Calcutta families.
    他出身于这些加尔各答名门之一。
17. JAPANESE traffic cops were until recently a genteel bunch.
    不久之前日本的交通警察还是温文尔雅的一群人。
18. He took elocution lessons to try to make his accent sound more genteel.
    他去接受演讲技巧训练，以使他说话的声调听上去更优雅些。
19. Yet many Japanese seem more at ease with the idea of stately decline and genteel isolation.
    至今仍有很多日本人似乎更安逸的想法和有教养的孤立。
20. 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。
21. Mr Murray can protest all he wants, wrote Bob Herbert, a columnist for The New York Times, his book is just a genteel way of calling somebody a nigger.
    莫瑞先生可以主张任何他想要的，《纽约时报》（NewYorkTimes）专栏作家鲍勃赫伯特（BobHerbert）说，他的书只是上流社会称呼某人是黑鬼的一种假斯文方式。
22. People you know or have just met often remark on your genteel ways.
    认识你的人或刚刚认识你的人，都常常称赞你彬彬有礼的态度。
23. He came from a genteel family.
    他出身于有教养的家庭。
24. She is too genteel for words!
    她说话太咬文嚼字了！
25. She spent most of her declining years in genteel poverty.
    她晚年的大部分时间是在家境贫寒却又虚摆排场的情况下度过的。
26. Used of persons and their behavior; cultivated and genteel.
    用来指人和他们的行为；有礼貌的，有教养的。
27. 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。
28. I have known many couples, who have entirely disliked each other, lead very comfortable genteel lives.
    我认识许多对夫妻，彼此根本不喜欢，生活仍然非常舒适温存。
29. The genteel nationalists who run the Catalan government are in a quandary.
    领导加泰罗尼亚政府的上流民族主义者处于窘境。
30. Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.
    尽管她贫穷，但她总想装出上流社会阶层的样子。

adj

1. marked by refinement in taste and manners
   1. cultivated speech
   2. cultured Bostonians
   3. cultured tastes
   4. a genteel old lady
   5. polite society

   Synonym:    civilizedcivilisedcultivatedculturedpolite