gentility

noun

/dʒenˈtɪləti/

[uncountable] (formal)

very good manners and behaviour; the fact of belonging to a high social class文雅；彬彬有礼；高贵的身份
- He took her hand with discreet gentility.他温文尔雅地牵着她的手。
- She thinks expensive clothes are a mark of gentility.她认为昂贵的服装是身份高贵的标志。
the fact of being quiet and old-fashioned幽静古朴
- the faded gentility of the town已失去古朴风貌的城镇

词源Middle English (in the sense ‘honourable birth’): from Old French gentilite, from gentil ‘high-born, noble’, from Latin gentilis ‘of the same clan’, from gens, gent- ‘family, race’, from the root of gignere ‘beget’.

词汇	gentility
释义	gentility noun /dʒenˈtɪləti/ /dʒenˈtɪləti/ [uncountable] (formal) very good manners and behaviour; the fact of belonging to a high social class文雅；彬彬有礼；高贵的身份 He took her hand with discreet gentility.他温文尔雅地牵着她的手。 She thinks expensive clothes are a mark of gentility.她认为昂贵的服装是身份高贵的标志。 the fact of being quiet and old-fashioned幽静古朴 the faded gentility of the town已失去古朴风貌的城镇词源Middle English (in the sense ‘honourable birth’): from Old French gentilite, from gentil ‘high-born, noble’, from Latin gentilis ‘of the same clan’, from gens, gent- ‘family, race’, from the root of gignere ‘beget’.
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