genteel

1 Serious drinkers were well represented, certainly, but a lightweight could nurse a glass of the house white without shame, and the occasional sophisticated child kept things genteel.

2 Overlooking the old port, it gives off a genteel Parisian vibe.

3 On Salon des Amateurs, meanwhile, Hauschka trades in his usual genteel, prepared piano miniatures for something surprisingly banging.

4 When she came down, carrying fat, sleepy Campbell Junior, her mass of red hair was combed, pinned up, and draped with what she called “my genteel black veil.”

5 Cathy and Heathcliff will disrupt Radio 3's usually genteel air on Sunday evening with what the station warns are "strong expletives" in a production that attempts to shed new light on the characters.

6 Much of the art world, however, hardly seems in the mood for such a genteel tête-à-tête.

7 With its mysterious, rumbling passages in the piano and heroic, large-scale gestures, No. 7 sheds the genteel vestiges of the earlier works.

8 But even that scene is remarkably genteel by current standards.

9 I am sauntering along the genteel pavements of Henley-on-Thames, on the family Sunday of the famous festival.

10 Didion, who now resides on Manhattan’s genteel Upper East Side in a “cavernous” apartment, would, of course, be placed firmly in the latter category.

11 "Last Man in Tower" depicts a genteel middle-class impoverishment of imagination and hope.

《最后一个塔中人》则描绘了一个有教养但想象力、希望缺失的中产阶级。

12 I knew a little from our infrequent stays with Baron Greyfallow, and thought I was quite genteel enough without having to memorize forms of address, table manners, and the elaborate snarled rankings of the peerage.

13 Though swathed in eldritch atmospherics, Zola Jesus's songs pack a brutal, emotional punch, rendering the genteel witchery-woo of Florence + The Machine and Bat For Lashes a tad twee by comparison.

14 The quartet traces the genteel romance between Wimsey and mystery writer Harriet Vane, perfect for Sayers newcomers or faithful followers: "Have His Carcase," "Gaudy Night," "Busman's Honeymoon" and "Strong Poison."

15 Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.

尽管她贫穷, 但她总想装出上流社会阶层的样子.

16 Such is the modern sport of tennis, once the genteel pastime of the idle rich.

这就是现代网球运动的实况;在过去, 这种运动可是有钱人用来消磨时光的上流社会休闲活动.

17 Her genteel accent irritated me.

她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。

18 This raises a welter of resentment in the far less genteel Emily.

19 I inclined my head in a genteel manner.

20 The plots of “Arson Plus” and the other Sutton-era stories are simple and their pilferings from the more genteel British mystery tradition evident.

1 彬彬有礼

urbane gentlemanly well-mannered gentlemanlike genty respectfully urbanely complaisance keep a civil tongue do the civil do the civil thing well bred well mannered courtly chivalrous decorous chivalry gentility fair civil courteous well-behaved civilly courtesy

2 摆架子的

swaggering high-hat snippy

3 赶时髦的

hip fashionable swinging tuned in chichi

4 有教养的

truebred nice sophisticated polite educated accomplished civilized cultured literate cultivated thoroughbred well-educated urbane highbred refined good couth high-browed Nice polished patrician courtly gentlemanly instructed well-bred

5 有教养

polite educated well-educated gentility civilize good nice accomplished civilized cultured couth high-browed savoir-vivre culture Nice polished cultivated patrician courtly gentlemanly instructed well-bred finish grace sophistication gentry gentilesse gentle

6 假斯文

gentility

7 时髦的

what-ho voguey swellish in modern smart exclusive sharp stylish swell happening fashionable classy cheesy vogue posh snappy knowing sassy doggy swish swagger dandy dressy swanky snazzy saucy foxy tony jaunty go-go ritzy knobby rakish modish high-toned nobby dandyish voguish mondaine with-it high-hat dashy go new now together fresh gear sleek done chic funky sporty nifty trig PERT swank sportive spiffy nippy tricksy kicky chichi spiffing sportif flossy right-on doggish high-tone tonish slicked-up gyver after the fashion

8 有气派的

handsome

9 体面的

good proper respectable honourable face-saving

10 有礼貌

formal polite gracious civilized urbane civilly politeness proper civil gentle respectful courteous agreeable presentable well-behaved courtly obliging well-mannered well-bred housebroken decorous gently mannerly prettily urbanize

11 彬彬有礼的

urbane gentlemanly well-mannered gentlemanlike genty charming fair-spoken well bred well mannered courtly chivalrous decorous proper civil well-behaved fair courteous

12 优雅的

dainty elegant polished graceful posh courtly larney well turned swell-differous swellelegous fine classic delicate modest fairy refined exquisite silky quaint silken ladylike rosewater well-bred

13 装绅士派头

gentility

14 文雅

nice decent delicate refined polished polite humane graceful urbane spirituel prettily grace polish elegance refinement urbanity suaveness refine civilize formal elegant gentle tender bland civilized cultured ladylike ritzy maidenly gently pure attic cultivated svelte couth finish gentility politesse urbanize

15 娴雅

personable ladylike spirituel polish

16 上流社会的

in quality social select society fashionable polite posh gilded patrician high-class right glittering county exclusive classy tony tush of fashion

17 高雅的

good elegant sophisticated stylish educated cultured tasteful cultivated fine decent refined elevated polite attic respectable exalted aristocratic chaste highbrow rosewater spirituel high-domed high-tone high-browed

18 礼让

comity

19 摆架子

swaggering high-hat side air frill swank attitudinize be upon dignity stand upon dignity assume airs give oneself airs put on side put on the dog put on an act snippy lug swagger panache pomposity ruffle roister

20 有礼貌的

formal polite gracious civilized urbane proper civil gentle respectful courteous agreeable presentable well-behaved courtly obliging well-mannered well-bred housebroken decorous mannerly

21 体面

good proper respectable honourable face-saving decently respectably respectability gentility

22 优雅

swell-differous swellelegous fine classic elegant delicate modest fairy refined exquisite silky quaint posh silken ladylike rosewater well-bred daintily fairily concinnity class grace cultivation refinement amenity swank gentility urbanity daintiness classicality refine urbanize

23 文雅的

nice decent delicate refined polished polite humane graceful urbane spirituel formal elegant gentle tender bland civilized cultured ladylike ritzy maidenly pure attic cultivated svelte couth

24 上流社会

in quality social select society fashionable class rank overworld bon ton haut monde beau monde high life upper crust monde the classes upper classes upper ten rank and fashion the upper crust posh gilded the beau monde upper class high society polite patrician high-class the upper class right glittering gentility county exclusive classy tony tush world fashion salon gentry Belgravia swelldom of fashion

25 娴雅的

personable ladylike spirituel

26 赶时髦

hip fashionable swinging swing keep up with the Joneses tuned in chichi

27 时髦

what-ho voguey swellish in modern smart exclusive sharp stylish swell happening fashionable classy cheesy vogue posh snappy knowing sassy doggy swish swagger dandy dressy swanky snazzy saucy foxy tony jaunty go-go ritzy knobby rakish modish high-toned nobby dandyish voguish mondaine with-it high-hat dashy go mode fashion ton chic finery dandyism new now together fresh gear sleek done funky sporty nifty trig PERT swank sportive spiffy nippy tricksy kicky chichi spiffing sportif flossy right-on doggish high-tone tonish slicked-up gyver smartly hip hipness hipsterism after the fashion

28 高雅

good elegant sophisticated stylish educated cultured tasteful cultivated tastefully stylishness fine decent refined elevated polite attic respectable exalted aristocratic chaste highbrow rosewater spirituel high-domed high-tone high-browed gentlehood elevation cultivation refinement decency chastity refine