genteelism
基本解釋
- n.上流的談吐；假裝紳士的談吐
英漢例句
- Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.
盡管她貧窮，但她總想裝出上流社會階層的樣子。 - She lived a genteel, careful, frugal life.
她過著高尚的、謹(jǐn)慎而節(jié)儉的生活。 - Her genteel accent irritated me.
她那矯揉造作的腔調(diào)使我感到難受。 - You are genteel enough, you look like a lady.
你是夠文雅的，看上去象個大家閨秀。 - She spent most of her declining years in genteel poverty.
她晚年的大部分時(shí)間是在家境貧寒卻又虛擺排場的情況下度過的。