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genteel adj.文雅的；有教养的 (1) 她说话太咬文嚼字了。(2) 你是够文雅的，看上去象个大家闺秀。 The word genteel comes from the Old French word gentil, "high-born, noble." We can see the similarity to the word gentle, as in gentleman and gentlewoman. The word is especially powerful in describing Chaucer's Knight in the Canterbury Tales as "a verray, parfit gentil knyght" — "a true, perfect, noble knight," dignified, patrician, and as genteel as they come. Today, it describes someone elegant, fashionable, and well-bred. Picture someone in riding jodhpurs reading "Town and Country" while astride a magnificent show horse.

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英 [dʒen'tiːl] 美 [dʒen'tiːl] (1) She is too genteel for words.(2) You are genteel enough, you look like a lady. Although the adjective genteel means high-class and refined, it is often used today in a somewhat mocking tone, as though good manners and elegance are passé. Still, it would be nice if more people were a little more genteel. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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. 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。...two maiden ladies with genteel manners and voices.两位举止文雅、嗓音轻柔的少女2[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（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.   [usu ADJ n]...the genteel towns of Winchester and Chichester.古朴幽静的温彻斯特和奇切斯特

英语单词	genteel
英美音标	英 [dʒen'tiːl] 美 [dʒen'tiːl]
中文释义	adj.文雅的；有教养的
英语例句	(1) She is too genteel for words. (2) You are genteel enough, you look like a lady.
中文例句	(1) 她说话太咬文嚼字了。 (2) 你是够文雅的，看上去象个大家闺秀。
vocabulary简明	Although the adjective genteel means high-class and refined, it is often used today in a somewhat mocking tone, as though good manners and elegance are passé. Still, it would be nice if more people were a little more genteel.
vocabulary扩展	The word genteel comes from the Old French word gentil, "high-born, noble." We can see the similarity to the word gentle, as in gentleman and gentlewoman. The word is especially powerful in describing Chaucer's Knight in the Canterbury Tales as "a verray, parfit gentil knyght" — "a true, perfect, noble knight," dignified, patrician, and as genteel as they come. Today, it describes someone elegant, fashionable, and well-bred. Picture someone in riding jodhpurs reading "Town and Country" while astride a magnificent show horse.
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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. 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。 ...two maiden ladies with genteel manners and voices. 两位举止文雅、嗓音轻柔的少女 2 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]（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. [usu ADJ n] ...the genteel towns of Winchester and Chichester. 古朴幽静的温彻斯特和奇切斯特

Genteel Word Manners Gentil Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Place 英