Such is the modern sport of tennis, once the genteel pastime of the idle rich.

People you know or have just met often remark on your genteel ways.

认识你的人或刚刚认识你的人,都常常称赞你彬彬有礼的态度.

I'd stint myself to keep you both in a genteel and seemly style.

我会节衣缩食来让你们俩过一种上流社会的体面生活.

Simple and decent, fashionable and meaningful, genteel taste gives out since.

简单大方, 时尚又有内涵, 儒雅的绅士味道自然散发出来.

I have known many couples, who have entirely disliked each other, lead very comfortable genteel lives.

我认识许多对夫妻, 彼此根本不喜欢, 生活仍然非常舒适温存.

She always talks in a genteel voice when she's on the phone.

她打电话时说话总是摆出一副上流架子.

He came from a genteel family.

他出身于有教养的家庭.

She lived a genteel, careful, frugal life.

她过著高尚的 、 谨慎而节俭的生活.

Although she was poor, she was living in genteel poverty.

尽管她贫穷, 但她总想装出上流社会阶层的样子.

He lived in genteel poverty.

他虽穷却爱摆排场.

When students enter the society, they need to avoid being genteel and speak properly.

学生走上社会之后, 要力争摆脱学生腔,说话力求得体.

The Danes also hold an annual celebration of somewhat less genteel ancestors — the marauding Vikings.

同时丹麦人也为他们不那么体面的老祖先——维京海盗们举行着一年一度的庆典.

But on at least two issues, such genteel methods are proving inadequate.

但至少在两个问题上, 这样的柔性手段显得有些孱弱.

She is too genteel for words.

她说话太咬文嚼字了.

You are genteel enough, you look like a lady.

你是够文雅的, 看上去象个大家闺秀.

Arts and good tast represent not only excellent quality, but also guidance genteel moral act.

艺术以及好的品位不仅代表了优良的品质, 而且可以用来引导有教养的道德行为.

Yet many Japanese seem more at ease with the idea of stately decline and genteel isolation.

然而,许多日本人似乎对于本国这种“体面的衰落”和“高贵的孤立”心安理得.

She always talks in such a genteel voice when she's on the phone.

她打电话时,说话总是摆出一副上流架子.

They are not above seeing the shortcomings of the genteel society in which they move.

他们并非对他们生活中的上流社会的种种缺陷视而不见.

It was a place to which genteel families came in search of health and quiet.

这是上流社会家庭寻求健康和静谧的场所。

His ideal of quiet and of genteel retirement was found in Washington Square.

他理想中静谧优雅,可以幽居的住处终于在华盛顿广场找到了.