genteel
[dʒen'ti:l]
a. 教养, 流, 优雅

1. She is too genteel for words.
   她话咬文嚼。
2. Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.
   尽她贫穷，但她总想装流阶层。
3. Genteel manners and appearance.
   优美举漂亮

genteel
[ adj ]
marked by refinement in taste and manners
<adj.all>
cultivated speechcultured Bostonians
cultured tastes
a genteel old lady
polite society




Genteel \Gen*teel"\, a. [F. gentil noble, pretty, graceful. See
{Gentle}.]
1. Possessing or exhibiting the qualities popularly regarded
as belonging to high birth and breeding; free from
vulgarity, or lowness of taste or behavior; adapted to a
refined or cultivated taste; polite; well-bred; as,
genteel company, manners, address.

2. Graceful in mien or form; elegant in appearance, dress, or
manner; as, the lady has a genteel person. Law.

3. Suited to the position of lady or a gentleman; as, to live
in a genteel allowance.

Syn: Polite; well-bred; refined; polished.