形容詞 genteel:

1. marked by refinement in taste and manners
   同義詞：civilized, civilised, cultivated, cultured, polite

1. Genteel manners and appearance.
   優(yōu)美的舉止和漂亮的外表
2. 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。
3. She is too genteel for words.
   她說話太咬文嚼字了。

gen.teel

adj.（形容詞）
Refined in manner; well-bred and polite.
優(yōu)雅的：舉止優(yōu)雅的；受良好教育并有禮貌的
Free from vulgarity or rudeness.
不庸俗的或不粗魯?shù)?/br>Elegantly stylish:
優(yōu)雅漂亮的：
例句：
genteel manners and appearance.
優(yōu)美的舉止和漂亮的外表

Striving to convey a manner or an appearance of refinement and respectability.See Synonyms at polite
力求優(yōu)雅的：努力表現(xiàn)優(yōu)雅而端莊的舉止外表的參見 polite
Marked by affected and somewhat prudish refinement.
假作高雅的，假斯文的：顯得裝模作樣的，在某種程度上過于裝扮優(yōu)雅的

來源：
French gentil
法語 gentil
from Old French * see gentle
源自 古法語 *參見 gentle

【引伸】
genteel.ly
adv.（副詞）
genteel.ness
n.（名詞）