genteel meaning in English
adj.
1.有礼貌的，有教养的；有上流社会特点的，适合上流社会的。
2.〔口语〕优雅的，文雅的，有品格的。
3.时髦的；〔反意语〕装绅士派头的，赶时髦的，摆架子的。
短语和例子
adv.
-ly ,-ness n.,-ism n.〔书面语〕雅语〔如用 stomach 替代 belly〕。
Examples
- You are genteel enough, you look like a lady .
你是够文雅的，看上去象个大家闺秀。 - 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。 - I'd stint myself to keep you both in a genteel and seemly style .
我会节衣缩食来让你们俩过一种上流社会的体面生活。 - 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。 - 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。