[mass noun]social superiority as demonstrated by genteel manners, behaviour, or appearances 上流社会地位;上流社会的举止(或风度);(行为,外表的)优雅出众 her grandmother's pretensions to gentility. 她祖母夸耀的高贵出身。 ■genteel manners, behaviour, or appearances 高雅的举止(或行为、外表)
语源
Middle English (in the sense 'honourable birth'): from Old French gentilite, from gentil (see gentle)