Her genteel accent irritated me.
她那矫揉造作的腔调使我感到难受。
The baker was standing behind his counter, disputing the items of a bill with a shabby-genteel young woman.
面包店老板站在柜台后面,正跟一个衣衫褴褛的、斯文的年轻女人为一笔账而争论。
It was strangely easy to converse with this genteel hunter.
与这个优雅的捕猎者交谈轻松得有些奇怪。
"Last Man in Tower" depicts a genteel middle-class impoverishment of imagination and hope.
《最后一个塔中人》则描绘了一个有教养但想象力、希望缺失的中产阶级。
Brighton and Eastbourne, its more genteel neighbours, have reinvented themselves, but Hastings stagnated.
附庸风雅的邻镇布莱顿和伊斯特本已经开始自我调整,而黑斯廷斯却停滞不前了。
Say a bouquet, sister Jemima, 'tis more genteel.
妹妹,用字文雅点儿,说一束花。
Mr. Micawber, not a Bit changed, came into the room with a genteel and youthful air.
米考伯先生跟先前完全一样,优游文雅、宛如青年,进了屋里。
English isn't as encumbered with many of the genteel honorifics of Japanese, nor does it rely so heavily on implication.
英语并不是日语那样充满了各种敬语,也不那么大量依赖暗示。
Four thousand a year is a pretty estate, and he seems a very genteel, steady young man, so I hope Miss Julia will be very happy.
一年四千英镑是一笔数目可观的财产,加上他看上去又是个很有教养、很稳重的青年,我想朱莉娅小姐会非常幸福。
In Japan's curiously genteel election campaign, opinion polls indicate that the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is heading for defeat.
日本奇特的没有硝烟的竞选活动中,民调显示当权的自民党面临失败。
It suggests a cosy, genteel, exclusive and somewhat smug world in which background and family are deemed more important than individual qualities.
这表明在这个亲切、高雅、排外,甚至几分自鸣得意的阶层里,一个人的背景和出身比他的品性更为重要。
His earlier work told the story of a desperate, rural poverty; "Last Man in Tower" depicts a genteel middle-class impoverishment of imagination and hope.
他早期的作品讲述了一个绝望的贫困农村故事;《最后一个塔中人》则描绘了一个有教养但想象力、希望缺失的中产阶级。
After a cycle tour of historic, genteel St Andrews town we crossed breathtaking eight-mile-long Confederation Bridge into Prince Edward Island, or PEI.
我们在历史悠久而优雅的圣安德鲁斯骑车闲逛,然后穿过令人屏息凝神的长达八英里的联邦大桥,来到了爱德华王子岛上。
Serena Williams sent shock waves through the genteel world of women's tennis in September when the 27-year-old phenom erupted in rage against a U.S. Open line judge.
2009年9月,赛莲娜 威廉姆斯在参加美国女子网球公开赛时,这个27岁的网坛巨星因对边线裁判暴怒,而引起了一场轩然大波。
What exactly happened to the Arctic Sea, the enigmatic cargo ship allegedly seized by pirates, not off the wild coast of Somalia but in the genteel EU waters of the Baltic?
“北冰洋”号究竟遭遇了什么不测?这艘高深莫测的货轮据称遭遇海盗劫持,然而不是在索马里波涛汹涌的外海,而是在风平浪静、风景幽雅的波罗的海欧盟水域。
Like other seaside towns, it was hit by the advent of mass air travel; Brighton and Eastbourne, its more genteel neighbours, have reinvented themselves, but Hastings stagnated.
在飞机旅行的风潮到来时,它跟其他沿海小镇都遭受重创。附庸风雅的邻镇布莱顿和伊斯特本已经开始自我调整,而黑斯廷斯却停滞不前了。
Annesley, a genteel, agreeable looking woman, whose endeavour to introduce some kind of discourse proved her to be more truly well bred than either of the others; and between her and Mrs.
这位太太是个和蔼可亲的大家闺秀,你只要瞧她竭力想出话来攀谈,便可以知道她确实比另外两位有教养得多。
Aggressive, efficient and armed with up-to-the-minute market intelligence supplied by well-paid art advisers, these collectors are shaking up the way business gets done in the genteel art world.
这些藏家进取、高效,且拥有由报酬丰厚的艺术顾问提供的最新市场情报,他们正在改变在文雅的艺术界做生意的方式。
Aggressive, efficient and armed with up-to-the-minute market intelligence supplied by well-paid art advisers, these collectors are shaking up the way business gets done in the genteel art world.
这些藏家进取、高效,且拥有由报酬丰厚的艺术顾问提供的最新市场情报,他们正在改变在文雅的艺术界做生意的方式。
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