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单词 urbanity
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Definition of urbanity in English:

urbanity

noun əːˈbanɪtiˌərˈbænədi
mass noun
  • 1Courteousness and refinement of manner.

    彬彬有礼,温文尔雅

    that polished urbanity of his
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was only with a man of such urbanity and diplomacy that Cukor could fully relax beside a tape recorder.
    • All these amenities suggest a degree of affluence and urbanity remarkable for a country village in northern New Hampshire during the first half of the nineteenth century.
    • Subsequently, under a variety of international influences, his work gained in urbanity what it lost in force and originality.
    • I suspect that much of their puerile resentment stems from their inability to comprehend, let alone match, the erudition, wit, and urbanity of the Professor.
    • As an added bonus, one had to be equipped with the necessary skills and urbanity to negotiate chopsticks, rendering it elitist food and thus inherently appealing to fashion industry types.
    • It's not threatening urbanity, high culture and tolerance.
    • And it is because he followed these instructions with such urbanity, wit, and sophistication, Hale argues, that Milton provided a particular pleasure to his readers and was so successful in refuting his opponent.
    • Although Siaguru's urbanity and often sarcastic wit will make the book engaging reading for Europeans with a concern for the fate of the nation, I suspect it will be less attractive for all but a handful of Melanesian readers.
    • Roussel was one of the great individualists of the 20th century, the punchy urbanity of much of his music frequently seeming at odds with the reclusive persona he cultivated later in life.
    • Modern European languages such as French and English became symbols of modernity, in particular of the newly emergent European nation-states, at the same time as they were associated with urbanity, finery, and higher social status.
    • We all got to see how professional he was on the air, and sometimes his urbanity could be mistaken for a certain distance, but in fact, he was a very sensitive, warm, decent man who cared passionately for what he did, for what all of us do.
    • For all his urbanity and good manners, it wasn't a particularly impressive performance.
    • His urbanity and sophistication are understandably far removed from the rangy youth rampaging around Edinburgh punk rock clubs with a Jean Paul Sartre novel tucked into the back pocket of his ripped trousers.
    • There's another quote about him that I like that says he was known for ‘his wit and for the urbanity of his manners and his keen relish of social enjoyments’.
    • His modesty, urbanity and frankness were at once apparent; at the same time his sound sense, and the touch of humour or flash of wit with which he would often enliven a formal conversation, made him singularly attractive.
    • The room is sleek, but has a relaxed feel when it's full of customers, and this urbanity comes through in the food.
    Synonyms
    suaveness, sophistication, worldliness, elegance, cultivation, culture, civilization, breeding, smoothness, polish, refinement, poise, self-possession, dignity
    courtesy, politeness, civility, mannerliness, manners, gentlemanliness, gallantry, courtliness, graciousness, charm, affability, tact, diplomacy, soft skills
    informal cool
    humorous couth
  • 2Urban life.

    城市生活

    a picture of banal urbanity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Larger than New York City's Central Park and forested by more than one million trees, Golden Gate Park is an oasis in the midst of urbanity where one can spend whole days and still not see everything.
    • That such cosmopolitan urbanity both exists in Croatia and mingles freely with the country's pastoral charm does not surprise Croatians; what surprises them is how slow the rest of the world has been to catch on.
    • It is a style that is rooted in tradition and the exotic, yet reflects the dynamism of modern urbanity.
    • The graphic city sections take you on a more detailed tour through shop signs, manhole covers and the other unfamiliar objects of urbanity.
    • Henen draws on her awareness of middle class urbanity in her work.
    • Even Paris - long the symbol of centralized urbanity - has experienced a pronounced outward movement.
    • Experience will tell whether the admirable notion of creating urbanity by mixing commercial, sporting and educational functions will become a real bit of city.
    • It is not so difficult to see why in the old tales our grandmothers told us God chooses to reveal himself on mountains, far removed from the chaos of urbanity.
    • From Stockholm to Milan, arcades, winter gardens, train sheds and other innovative forms of public building added new dimensions to urbanity.
    • The architects' aim is to create vertical urbanity, with public and private spaces, conference rooms, a cafeteria, and library and internal gardens to clean and oxygenate the air.
    • A building can be economical and efficient, and have the traditional values of architecture like placedness, psychological succour, urbanity and so on.
    • It was occasionally used for motor racing: a more bizarre conjunction of urbanity and sport can scarcely be imagined - but then the city was one of the great motor manufacturing centres of the world.
    • As a representational act, landscape architecture has a responsibility to further the discourse on contemporary notions of nature and urbanity.
    • If metros help preserve urbanity, cars destroy it.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French urbanité or Latin urbanitas, from urbanus 'belonging to the city' (see urban).

Rhymes

Christianity, humanity, inanity, profanity, sanity, vanity

Definition of urbanity in US English:

urbanity

nounˌərˈbanədēˌərˈbænədi
  • 1Suavity, courteousness, and refinement of manner.

    彬彬有礼,温文尔雅

    that polished urbanity of his
    Example sentencesExamples
    • And it is because he followed these instructions with such urbanity, wit, and sophistication, Hale argues, that Milton provided a particular pleasure to his readers and was so successful in refuting his opponent.
    • For all his urbanity and good manners, it wasn't a particularly impressive performance.
    • The room is sleek, but has a relaxed feel when it's full of customers, and this urbanity comes through in the food.
    • Roussel was one of the great individualists of the 20th century, the punchy urbanity of much of his music frequently seeming at odds with the reclusive persona he cultivated later in life.
    • As an added bonus, one had to be equipped with the necessary skills and urbanity to negotiate chopsticks, rendering it elitist food and thus inherently appealing to fashion industry types.
    • Although Siaguru's urbanity and often sarcastic wit will make the book engaging reading for Europeans with a concern for the fate of the nation, I suspect it will be less attractive for all but a handful of Melanesian readers.
    • His urbanity and sophistication are understandably far removed from the rangy youth rampaging around Edinburgh punk rock clubs with a Jean Paul Sartre novel tucked into the back pocket of his ripped trousers.
    • Modern European languages such as French and English became symbols of modernity, in particular of the newly emergent European nation-states, at the same time as they were associated with urbanity, finery, and higher social status.
    • It was only with a man of such urbanity and diplomacy that Cukor could fully relax beside a tape recorder.
    • All these amenities suggest a degree of affluence and urbanity remarkable for a country village in northern New Hampshire during the first half of the nineteenth century.
    • It's not threatening urbanity, high culture and tolerance.
    • We all got to see how professional he was on the air, and sometimes his urbanity could be mistaken for a certain distance, but in fact, he was a very sensitive, warm, decent man who cared passionately for what he did, for what all of us do.
    • His modesty, urbanity and frankness were at once apparent; at the same time his sound sense, and the touch of humour or flash of wit with which he would often enliven a formal conversation, made him singularly attractive.
    • Subsequently, under a variety of international influences, his work gained in urbanity what it lost in force and originality.
    • I suspect that much of their puerile resentment stems from their inability to comprehend, let alone match, the erudition, wit, and urbanity of the Professor.
    • There's another quote about him that I like that says he was known for ‘his wit and for the urbanity of his manners and his keen relish of social enjoyments’.
    Synonyms
    suaveness, sophistication, worldliness, elegance, cultivation, culture, civilization, breeding, smoothness, polish, refinement, poise, self-possession, dignity
  • 2Urban life.

    城市生活

    a picture of banal urbanity
    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a representational act, landscape architecture has a responsibility to further the discourse on contemporary notions of nature and urbanity.
    • From Stockholm to Milan, arcades, winter gardens, train sheds and other innovative forms of public building added new dimensions to urbanity.
    • Experience will tell whether the admirable notion of creating urbanity by mixing commercial, sporting and educational functions will become a real bit of city.
    • A building can be economical and efficient, and have the traditional values of architecture like placedness, psychological succour, urbanity and so on.
    • Larger than New York City's Central Park and forested by more than one million trees, Golden Gate Park is an oasis in the midst of urbanity where one can spend whole days and still not see everything.
    • It was occasionally used for motor racing: a more bizarre conjunction of urbanity and sport can scarcely be imagined - but then the city was one of the great motor manufacturing centres of the world.
    • Even Paris - long the symbol of centralized urbanity - has experienced a pronounced outward movement.
    • It is not so difficult to see why in the old tales our grandmothers told us God chooses to reveal himself on mountains, far removed from the chaos of urbanity.
    • Henen draws on her awareness of middle class urbanity in her work.
    • The graphic city sections take you on a more detailed tour through shop signs, manhole covers and the other unfamiliar objects of urbanity.
    • That such cosmopolitan urbanity both exists in Croatia and mingles freely with the country's pastoral charm does not surprise Croatians; what surprises them is how slow the rest of the world has been to catch on.
    • If metros help preserve urbanity, cars destroy it.
    • The architects' aim is to create vertical urbanity, with public and private spaces, conference rooms, a cafeteria, and library and internal gardens to clean and oxygenate the air.
    • It is a style that is rooted in tradition and the exotic, yet reflects the dynamism of modern urbanity.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French urbanité or Latin urbanitas, from urbanus ‘belonging to the city’ (see urban).

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