基本释义:
英 [dʒenˈtiːlli]美 [dʒenˈtiːlli]
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1. and on its way to whom Paul presently encountered a round of bread, genteelly served on a plate and napkin, and with a silver fork lying crosswise on the top of it.
保罗不久看见,有人给他送去一块面包,它雅致地摆在盘子和餐巾上面,顶上斜放着一把银叉。
2. But that was certainly very coolly done by him, and every one knows that in most people's estimation, to do anything coolly is to do it genteelly.
不过这件事他却是做得十分沉着,而且,人人都知道,按照大多数人的意见,处事沉着自若,便是温文尔雅。
3. " Don't disillusion me," said Kath, chewing buttered toast more greedily than genteelly.
“别给我浇冷水啊,”丝凯说,贪婪而不怎么温文地嚼着涂了黄油的烤面包。
4. He wrote of dull-witted children educated at great expense, who "learn little more than how to carry themselves handsomely, and enter a room genteelly," but emerge "as great blockheads as ever, only more proud and self-conceited."
他写道,那些花费巨大代价在这里接受教育的蠢孩子“仅仅学会了怎样才能显得派头十足,如何彬彬有礼地进入一个房间,”但最终“还是那个榆木脑袋,只不过变得更加骄傲和自负”。
5. She had been genteelly bred , was sensible , lively , and of a most pleasing conversation.
她受过教育,很有风度, 明达事理,很有朝气, 说话风趣.《辞典例句》
6. Before the 2011 earthquake this was known as the most genteelly English of New Zealand cities.
2011年大地震前,它是新西兰最具英国风情的温文尔雅的城市。
7. The English lived genteelly in India.
英国人在印度过着上流社会的生活。
1. She coughed genteelly behind her hand.
她咳嗽时假装斯文地用手掩住嘴巴。