英语词汇genteel怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

adjective

polite, refined, or respectable, especially in an affected or ostentatious way so as to appear upper class 彬彬有礼的, 优雅的（尤指假装斯文）。

派生词

genteelly

adverb

genteelness

noun

词源

late 16th cent. （in the sense 'fashionable, stylish'）： from French gentil 'well-born'. From the 17th cent. to the 19th cent. the word was used in such senses as 'of good social position', 'having the manners of a well-born person', 'well bred'. The ironic or derogatory implication dates from the 19th cent.

单词	genteel
释义	J16563641genteelSpoken.44Fiction.158Magazine.183Newspaper.158Academic.98 genteel /dʒenˈtiːl/ adjective polite, refined, or respectable, especially in an affected or ostentatious way so as to appear upper class 彬彬有礼的, 优雅的（尤指假装斯文）。派生词 genteelly adverb genteelness noun 词源 late 16th cent. （in the sense 'fashionable, stylish'）： from French gentil 'well-born'. From the 17th cent. to the 19th cent. the word was used in such senses as 'of good social position', 'having the manners of a well-born person', 'well bred'. The ironic or derogatory implication dates from the 19th cent.
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