| 词汇 | gentleman |
| 释义 | gentleman noun[ C ] uk /ˈdʒen.təl.mən/ us /ˈdʒen.t̬əl.mən/plural-menuk /ˈdʒen.təl.mən/ us /ˈdʒen.t̬əl.mən/ B2 a polite way of talking to or referring to a man: 先生（对男士的礼貌称呼） ladies and gentlemenLadies and gentlemen, the show is about to begin.女士们、先生们，演出就要开始了。 Excuse me, this gentleman has a question for you.对不起，这位先生要问你个问题。 approving a man who is polite and behaves well towards other people, especially women: （尤指对女性）彬彬有礼的男士，有教养的男人;君子 He was a perfect gentleman.他是个极有修养的君子。 Not holding a door for a lady? You're no gentleman, are you?你都不为后面的女士扶一下门吗？这可真没绅士风度，是不是？ a man of a high social class: 上流社会的人，有身份的人;绅士 a gentlemen's club绅士俱乐部 He was the embodiment of the English gentleman.他是典型的英国绅士。 It's the mark of a gentleman to stand up when someone enters the room.有人进屋时起身是绅士之举。 I am not personally acquainted with the gentleman in question.我本人和所说的这位先生并不相识。 Ladies and gentlemen, air-traffic control has now cleared the plane for take-off.女士们先生们，飞机已得到空中管制的起飞许可。 Shall we let the meeting commence, gentlemen? gentleman | American Dictionarygentleman noun[ C ] us/ˈdʒen·təl·mən/plural-menus/ˈdʒen·təl·mən/ a man who is polite and behaves well toward other people: a perfect gentleman Gentleman is often used as a polite way of referring to any man: This gentleman has a question. Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention. infml In speech, a gentleman often means simply a man: The gentleman involved had a long history of this type of offense. Examples of gentlemangentleman The integrity of his ' faith ' was central to a soldier's, as to a gentleman's, sense of himself as honourable. An attempt by area gentlemen to gain a new charter for the town in 1675\\6 had floundered on the gentry's objections. Dissent may have stirred gentlemen's interests in 1664, but their attention span proved short indeed. Over time, the interest of the gentlemen justices faded. What happened was this : in not permitting the students to discipline their inferiors, the senate had undermined their claims to being gentlemen. The twenty seem to have been incompetent "young gentlemen," whom the police authorities treated as something of a joke. He held her up by the leg torn and bleeding, and all the gentlemen seemed well pleased. Earlier histories had been written inaccurately though patriotically, by gentlemen of letters for the general reader. When ordinary law-abiding gentlemen refused to loan, the crown resorted to what amounted to prerogative arrests. They thought that smartly dressed men were nonviolent, being gentlemen. The lowliest foreigners coming to this country became first-class gentlemen and messenger boys would turn into ambassadors. The judges had decided that the imprisoned gentlemen could not be released on bail - nothing more or less. First, this is a transcript of a private show for two gentlemen. Finally, gentlemen were not supposed to be terribly gentle. His instruction on disciplining was simply self-discipline, to 'be gentlemen'. See all examples of gentleman These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. Collocations withgentlemangentlemanThese are words often used in combination with gentleman. Click on a collocation to see more examples of it. distinguished gentleman I have no doubt that in 1907 and 1909 some distinguishedgentleman made speeches that motor cars were offensive, slow and inefficient. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 elderly gentleman In one an elderlygentleman, with a grey head and very beautiful hands, was quietly reading a newspaper, with his long pipe by his side. gentleman farmer The definition of a gentlemanfarmer is a man who is not much of a gentleman and less of a farmer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with gentleman |
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