释义 |
gentilitygen‧til‧i‧ty /dʒenˈtɪləti/ noun [uncountable] formal  - Beaufort, an old Southern town, is a picture of gentility.
- Generally speaking, though, suburban gentility has seeped across the map.
- His relentless gentility would risk serious tedium without a sharpness of eye and wit.
- In the light of that brutality I don't think we need concern ourselves about gentility, spurious or otherwise.
the quality of being polite, gentle, or graceful, and of seeming to belong to a high social class: The hotel had an air of discreet gentility. |