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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

gentility

/jen-til-i-tee/US // dʒɛnˈtɪl ɪ ti //UK // (dʒɛnˈtɪlɪtɪ) //

温文尔雅,绅士风度,文雅,君子之风

Related Words

decorum装饰性,韵律,体统,韵味civility公正性,公德心,文明礼貌,礼貌elegance高雅,高雅的风格,高贵典雅,高贵propriety礼节,礼义,礼法,礼节性aristocracy贵族制度,贵族阶层,贵族,贵族社会respectability尊敬,尊重,尊贵性,尊贵politeness礼貌,礼节,客气,礼貌性urbanity城市性,城市化,城镇化,都市性etiquette礼节,礼节性,礼俗,礼仪flower花,花卉,花朵,花儿formality手续费,形式,形式主义,手续society社会,社团,协会,社群culture文化,培养,文艺,文艺界elite精英,菁英,精华,精英荟萃rank级别,等级,排名,职级refinement完善,精细化,精益求精,完善的courtesy礼貌,礼遇,礼节,礼节性gentry乡绅,绅士,绅士们polish抛光,抛光剂,擦亮,擦拭quality质量,品质,质量问题,质量方面

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : good breeding or refinement.
    • : affected or pretentious politeness or elegance.
    • : the status of belonging to polite society.
    • : members of polite society collectively.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounsophistication, cultivation
Synonyms
aristocracy贵族制度,贵族阶层,贵族,贵族社会civility公正性,公德心,文明礼貌,礼貌decorum装饰性,韵律,体统,韵味elegance高雅,高雅的风格,高贵典雅,高贵politeness礼貌,礼节,客气,礼貌性propriety礼节,礼义,礼法,礼节性respectability尊敬,尊重,尊贵性,尊贵courtesy礼貌,礼遇,礼节,礼节性courtliness朝气,朝气蓬勃,宫廷气质,宫廷礼仪culture文化,培养,文艺,文艺界elite精英,菁英,精华,精英荟萃etiquette礼节,礼节性,礼俗,礼仪flower花,花卉,花朵,花儿formality手续费,形式,形式主义,手续gentlefolk绅士们,绅士,乡亲们,乡亲gentry乡绅,绅士,绅士们nobility贵族,高贵,贵族身份,高贵的人polish抛光,抛光剂,擦亮,擦拭quality质量,品质,质量问题,质量方面rank级别,等级,排名,职级refinement完善,精细化,精益求精,完善的society社会,社团,协会,社群urbanity城市性,城市化,城镇化,都市性blue blood蓝色的血,蓝色的血液,蓝色血液,蓝色血统gentle birth温和分娩,温柔分娩,温和的分娩,顺产good breeding良种繁育,良种繁殖,良种培育,良种good family好家庭,良好的家庭,好的家庭,良家good manners良好的礼仪,良好的礼节,良好的风尚,好的礼仪high birth高出生率,高生,高产,高生育率mannerliness风度,态度,礼仪,举止optimacy优化ruling class统治阶级,统治阶层,统治层,执政阶层upper class上流社会,上层社会,上层阶级,上层人士upper crust上层地壳,上层壳,上层地皮,上层

Examples

  • Packaging these rebuffs with gentility and kindness may or may not succeed.

  • Today: Germans on socialism, Russians on gentility, and gay men on the British royals.

  • As well twenty times—keep it for yourself, or give it to my valet, if you are too proud of your gentility.

  • I knew that the gentility of the knock had taken both her and her mother aback.

  • In the mean time it was necessary to sacrifice something to gentility, and therefore they sat over their port wine.

  • Descending in the scale of what is termed gentility, I found darker and deeper themes for speculation.

  • He is the idol of equivocal women, and condescends to patronize unpresentable gentility-mongers.

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