genteel

adjective

/dʒenˈtiːl/

(sometimes disapproving)

(of people and their way of life人和生活方式) quiet and polite, often in an exaggerated way; from, or pretending to be from, a high social class显得彬彬有礼的；假斯文的；上流社会的；装体面的；装出绅士派头的
- a genteel manner彬彬有礼
- Her genteel accent irritated me.她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到恼火。
- He lived in genteel poverty (= trying to keep the style of a high social class, but with little money).他摆出一副绅士派头，过的却是穷酸的生活。
(of places地方) quiet and old-fashioned and perhaps slightly boring幽静的；古朴单调的

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.

词汇	genteel
释义	genteel adjective /dʒenˈtiːl/ /dʒenˈtiːl/ (sometimes disapproving) (of people and their way of life人和生活方式) quiet and polite, often in an exaggerated way; from, or pretending to be from, a high social class显得彬彬有礼的；假斯文的；上流社会的；装体面的；装出绅士派头的 a genteel manner彬彬有礼 Her genteel accent irritated me.她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到恼火。 He lived in genteel poverty (= trying to keep the style of a high social class, but with little money).他摆出一副绅士派头，过的却是穷酸的生活。 (of places地方) quiet and old-fashioned and perhaps slightly boring幽静的；古朴单调的词源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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