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单词 gentleman
释义
gentleman
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdʒen.təl.mən/us
/ˈdʒen.t̬əl.mən/
plural-menuk
/ˈdʒen.təl.mən/us
/ˈdʒen.t̬əl.mən/
B2
apoliteway oftalkingto or referring to a man:
先生（对男士的礼貌称呼）
Ladiesandgentlemen, the show is about tobegin.女士们、先生们，演出就要开始了。
Excuse me, this gentleman has aquestionfor you.对不起，这位先生要问你个问题。
approving
a man who ispoliteandbehaveswell towards otherpeople,especiallywomen:
（尤指对女性）彬彬有礼的男士，有教养的男人；君子
He was aperfectgentleman.他是个极有修养的君子。
Notholdingadoorfor alady? 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 highsocialclass:
上流社会的人，有身份的人；绅士
a gentlemen'sclub绅士俱乐部
More examples
  • He was theembodimentof theEnglishgentleman.
  • It's themarkof a gentleman tostandup when someoneenterstheroom.
  • I am notpersonallyacquaintedwith the gentleman inquestion.
  • Ladiesand gentlemen, air-trafficcontrolhas nowclearedtheplanefortake-off.
  • Shall weletthemeetingcommence, gentlemen?
(Definition ofgentlemanfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

gentleman| American Dictionary

gentleman
noun[C]
us
/ˈdʒen·təl·mən/
plural-menus/ˈdʒen·təl·mən/
a man who ispoliteandbehaveswell toward otherpeople:
aperfectgentleman
Gentleman is often used as apoliteway of referring to any man:
This gentleman has aquestion.
Ladiesand gentlemen, may I haveyourattention.
infmlInspeech, a gentleman oftenmeanssimplya man:
The gentlemaninvolvedhad alonghistoryof thistypeofoffense.
(Definition ofgentlemanfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofgentleman

gentleman
The integrity of his ' faith ' was central to a soldier's, as to a gentleman's, sense of himself as honourable.
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An attempt by area gentlemen to gain a new charter for the town in 1675\\6 had floundered on the gentry's objections.
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Dissent may have stirred gentlemen's interests in 1664, but their attention span proved short indeed.
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Over time, the interest of the gentlemen justices faded.
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What happened was this : in not permitting the students to discipline their inferiors, the senate had undermined their claims to being gentlemen.
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The twenty seem to have been incompetent "young gentlemen," whom the police authorities treated as something of a joke.
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He held her up by the leg torn and bleeding, and all the gentlemen seemed well pleased.
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Earlier histories had been written inaccurately though patriotically, by gentlemen of letters for the general reader.
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When ordinary law-abiding gentlemen refused to loan, the crown resorted to what amounted to prerogative arrests.
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They thought that smartly dressed men were nonviolent, being gentlemen.
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The lowliest foreigners coming to this country became first-class gentlemen and messenger boys would turn into ambassadors.
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The judges had decided that the imprisoned gentlemen could not be released on bail - nothing more or less.
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First, this is a transcript of a private show for two gentlemen.
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Finally, gentlemen were not supposed to be terribly gentle.
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His instruction on disciplining was simply self-discipline, to 'be gentlemen'.
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Collocationswithgentleman

gentleman

These are words often used in combination withgentleman.

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distinguished gentleman
I have no doubt that in 1907 and 1909 somedistinguishedgentlemanmade speeches that motor cars were offensive, slow and inefficient.
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Hansard archive
Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
elderly gentleman
In one anelderlygentleman, with a grey head and very beautiful hands, was quietly reading a newspaper, with his long pipe by his side.
From theCambridge English Corpus
gentleman farmer
The definition of agentlemanfarmeris 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 theOpen 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.
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