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shabby-genteel

/ˈʃæb.i dʒɛnˈtiːl/

翻译: 指穷困潦倒却仍竭力维持体面或绅士派头的人或事物,外表破旧寒酸,却带着过时的尊严感。

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adjective

/ˈʃæb.i dʒɛnˈtiːl/C2formalbritish已废弃
  • zh指穷困潦倒却仍竭力维持体面或绅士派头的人或事物,外表破旧寒酸,却带着过时的尊严感。

An old-fashioned term describing someone or something that tries to maintain an appearance of gentility or respectability despite being shabby or impoverished.

  1. Trying to maintain dignity despite povertyC2formalbritish

    Describing someone who is poor or shabby but still tries to appear respectable and dignified.

    zh寒酸而体面

    • The old professor lived in a shabby-genteel apartment, always wearing a patched but clean suit.
    • She had a shabby-genteel air about her, as if she was once wealthy but had fallen on hard times.
    • The shabby-genteel neighborhood had faded Victorian houses with peeling paint but neatly trimmed hedges.

    同义词dignifiedgenteelrefinedrespectable

    反义词affluentopulentprosperousrichwealthy

词形
  • more shabby-genteel comparative form
  • most shabby-genteel superlative form